LES PASSAGERS DE LA NUIT / THE PASSENGERS OF THE NIGHT

On election night in 1981, celebrations spill out onto the street and there is an air of hope and change throughout Paris. But for Elisabeth, her marriage is coming to an end, and she will now have to support herself and her two teenage children. She finds work at a late-night radio show and encounters a troubled teenager named Talulah whom she invites into her home. With them, Talulah experiences the warmth of a family for the first time…

MIKHAËL HERS

Mikhaël Hers (1975, Paris) studied in the Production department at La Fémis and graduated in 2004. He then directed three acclaimed short films: Charell (selected at the Critics’ Week, Cannes 2006), Primrose Hill (his second selection at the Critics’ Week, Cannes 2007) and Montparnasse (selected at the Directors’ Fortnight, Cannes 2009, and winner of the Jean Vigo Prize). After Memory Lane (Locarno Film Festival 2010), This Summer Feeling (Rotterdam Film Festival 2016) and Amanda (in Official Selection at Venice 2018, winner of the Grand Prize at Tokyo IFF), The Passengers of the Night (2022) is his fourth feature film.

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Mikhaël Hers further refines his airy, delicate and sensitive style with a magnificent existentialist film.

Fabien Lemercier, Cineuropa