Blond Night (2022)

Original title

Nuit blonde

Directed by

Gabrielle Demers

Genre

drama

Country

Canada

Runtime

16 min

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An autistic man living in a group home grows bored with its structured activities. He sneaks out one night and meets a young man who has been thrown out of a car, and they form a close bond.

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What happens

Blond Night (French: Nuit blonde) is a Canadian dramatic short film, directed by Gabrielle Demers and released in 2022. The film stars Patrick Dorneval as an autistic man who lives in an assisted living facility; bored with the regimented social activities in the group home, he goes out one night for a walk through the city, where he develops an intimate connection with Jessy (Dany Boudreault), a young man he meets and helps after seeing him get thrown out of a car. The film premiered at the Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma's Prends ça court gala in April 2022, where it received a special mention from Denis Villeneuve alongside his presentation of the Coup de cœur Prize. The film received a Prix Iris nomination for Best Live Action Short Film at the 25th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2023. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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