You're Sleeping Nicole (French: Tu dors Nicole) is a 2014 Canadian drama film directed by Stéphane Lafleur. It was selected to be screened as part of the Directors' Fortnight section of the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.[1] The film had a limited release (in Montreal) on 22 August 2014, followed by a general Quebec theatrical release on 29 August 2014.[2] It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.[3]
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French | Tu dors Nicole |
Directed by | Stéphane Lafleur |
Written by | Stéphane Lafleur |
Produced by | Luc Déry Kim McCraw |
Starring | Julianne Côté Marc-André Grondin |
Cinematography | Sara Mishara |
Edited by | Sophie Leblond |
Music by | Rémy Nadeau-Aubin |
Production companies | Fullum Films Studios micro_scope |
Distributed by | Christal Films |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | French |
The film stars Julianne Côté as Nicole, a young woman who is becoming increasingly disillusioned with her quiet small-town life over the course of a summer.
The film was included in the list of Canada's Top Ten feature films of 2014, selected by a panel of filmmakers and industry professionals organized by TIFF.[4]
The film garnered six Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 3rd Canadian Screen Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director (Lafleur), Best Actress (Côté), Best Supporting Actor (Marc-André Grondin), Best Supporting Actress (Catherine St-Laurent) and Best Original Screenplay (Lafleur).[5]
Tu Dors Nicole had nine Jutra Award nominations (the second-most of any film for 2014),[6] winning for Best Sound (Sylvain Bellemare, Pierre Bertrand, and Bernard Gariépy Strobl) and Best Original Music (Rémi Nadeau-Aubin and Christophe Lamarche-Ledoux).[7]
The Vancouver Film Critics Circle named Tu Dors Nicole Best Canadian Film of 2014, and also honoured it for Best Actress in a Canadian Film (Côté) and Best Supporting Actor in a Canadian Film (Grondin).[8]
It has a Metacritic score of 79%.[9]
Released in the United States under the title Tu Dors Nicole,[10] the film garnered positive reviews in The New York Times[11] and other publications, for an average rating of 7.9/10 at Rotten Tomatoes.[12]
Kino Lorber has announced a Blu-ray and DVD of Tu Dors Nicole, to be released on 27 October 2015.[13]
Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Canadian Film | |
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