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Both an unconventional love story and a piercing study of urban dislocation, this chance encounter on a chilly Parisian night manages to say a good deal about modern society with the minimum of dialogue. Whether in the snarled traffic that compounds Valérie Lemercier's doubts about committing to her partner or the spartan hotel room where her tentative relationship with hitcher Vincent Lindon develops into liberating passion, director Claire Denis and cinematographer Agnès Godard capture character and emotion with the utmost discretion. But it's the impressionistic use of hazy lights and jumbled sounds to re-create the trappings and pitfalls of city life that most impresses. DP
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Running time
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85mins
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Country of origin
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Fr
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Genre
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Drama
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Alternate title
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Friday Night
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Original language
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French
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Screenplay
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Emmanuèle Bernheim, Claire Denis, from the novel by Emmanuèle Bernheim
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Theatrical distributor
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Metro Tartan
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UK cinema certificate
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15
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UK cinema release date
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August 2003
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Subtitling information
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In French with subtitles
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