Jusqu'au bout de la nuit

Jusqu'au bout de la nuit
Directed by	Gérard Blain
Produced by	Frédéric Marboeuf
Written by	Gérard Blain; Marie-Hélène Bauret
Starring	Gérard Blain; Anicée Alvina
Music by	Tarik Benouarka
Cinematography	Daniel Gaudry
Edited by	Catherine Taieb
Production; company	DB Films
Distributed by	Pathé Distribution
Release date	13 September 1995;
Running time	80 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Jusqu'au bout de la nuit ("until the end of the night") is a 1995 French drama film directed by Gérard Blain, starring Blain and Anicée Alvina. It tells the story of a man in his sixties who is released after a long prison sentence, and tries to have a relationship with a younger woman, while still determined to live outside the law. Blain described the film as "not a gangster film, but a love film and a relentless tragedy".[1] Sylvia Jeanjacquot, the widow of the criminal Jacques Mesrine, appears in a minor role.

The film was shot in December 1994 in Lyon, Villeurbane, Vénissieux and Sathonay. It was shown at the Montreal World Film Festival and Cairo International Film Festival in 1995. It was released on France on 13 September 1995.[1][2]

Cast

Gérard Blain as François
Anicée Alvina as Maria
Gamil Ratib as Rousseau
Paul Blain as Christian
Frédéric Marboeuf as Serge
Pierre Blain as Benoît
Sylvia Jeanjacquot as the lawyer

Reception

Arte's Olivier Père wrote in 2012 that while the main character is a rebel of a type already seen in Blain's previous films, the director here deviates from genre conventions more heavily than before. Père wrote: "More surprising is the radicality of the directing which exposes the extremist discourse of the film. In great rigour, it evokes the cinematography of Robert Bresson, admittedly referenced by Blain throughout his whole filmography." Père continued: "With its rigorous aesthetics and moral, Jusqu’au bout de la nuit distinguishes itself from all and sundry of the French cinematic output of its time. But it is also a (politically) incorrect and disturbing film, charged with a restrained and subversive violence."[3]

References

"Jusqu'au bout de la nuit". rhone-alpes-cinema.fr (in French). Retrieved 2014-08-25. Jusqu'au Bout de la Nuit n'est pas un film de gangsters, mais un film d'amour et une implacable tragédie.
"Jusqu'au bout de la nuit". unifrance.org (in French). Retrieved 2014-08-25.
Père, Olivier (2012-01-06). "Jusqu'au bout de la nuit de Gérard Blain". arte.tv (in French). Arte. Retrieved 2014-08-25. Plus surprenante était la radicalité de la mise en scène qui épouse le discours extrémiste du film. D'une grande rigueur, elle évoque le cinématographe de Robert Bresson, référence avouée de Blain pour toute sa filmographie." "Jusqu'au bout de la nuit se distingue par sa rigueur esthétique et morale du tout-venant de la production cinématographique française contemporaine. Mais c’est aussi un film (politiquement) incorrect et dérangeant, chargé d'une violence contenue et subversive.

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[ra-1] "Jusqu'au bout de la nuit". rhone-alpes-cinema.fr (in French). Retrieved 2014-08-25. Jusqu'au Bout de la Nuit n'est pas un film de gangsters, mais un film d'amour et une implacable tragédie.

[2] "Jusqu'au bout de la nuit". unifrance.org (in French). Retrieved 2014-08-25.

[3] Père, Olivier (2012-01-06). "Jusqu'au bout de la nuit de Gérard Blain". arte.tv (in French). Arte. Retrieved 2014-08-25. Plus surprenante était la radicalité de la mise en scène qui épouse le discours extrémiste du film. D'une grande rigueur, elle évoque le cinématographe de Robert Bresson, référence avouée de Blain pour toute sa filmographie." "Jusqu'au bout de la nuit se distingue par sa rigueur esthétique et morale du tout-venant de la production cinématographique française contemporaine. Mais c’est aussi un film (politiquement) incorrect et dérangeant, chargé d'une violence contenue et subversive.