NIGHT SONG
synopsis
Hannah, a singer with a passion for classical music, conducts a choir in Montreal with her pianist husband Daniel. They make a living from concerts of sacred French music, veritable heritage treasures, composed for synagogues of end of nineteenth/beginning of twentieth century France. But for some time now, they have been struggling to keep their choir afloat. When they recruit Abigail, a young, gifted, and fragile women who gives them new hope, Samuel, Hannah's former teacher, arrives in Montreal with an ancient piece of music once considered lost...
international title: | Night Song |
original title: | Mobile Etoile |
country: | France, Canada |
sales agent: | mk2 films |
year: | 2016 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Raphaël Nadjari |
film run: | 119' |
release date: | FR 27/04/2016 |
screenplay: | Raphaël Nadjari, Vincent Poymiro |
cast: | Géraldine Pailhas, Luc Picard, Eléonore Lagacé, Marcel Sabourin, Paule Baillargeon |
cinematography by: | Benoit Beaulieu |
film editing: | Elric Robichon |
costumes designer: | Pierre Moreau |
music: | Jérôme Lemonnier |
producer: | Alexis Dantec, Frédéric Bellaïche, Anne-Marie Gélinas |
co-producer: | Julie Paratian |
production: | The French Connection, Sister Productions, Ema films (CA) |
backing: | CNC’s advance on receipts, Franco-Canadian co-production aid programme, Procirep, Aquitaine region, SODEC, Téléfilm Canada, Cinémage 9, Sofitvciné 2, BMEDIA |
distributor: | Zootrope Films |