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For Night Will Come (2023)

For Night Will Come poster
Original title
En attendant la nuit
Directed by
Céline Rouzet
Genre
drama film, horror film, vampire film, speculative fiction film
Country
France, Belgium
Runtime
1h 44m
Rated
12
Rating
5.3 of 10 from 47 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A family moves to a quiet suburb and tries to fit in. Their teenage son has a condition that forces him to stay out of sunlight, which makes their ordinary life increasingly difficult.

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What happens

For Night Will Come (French: En attendant la nuit, lit. 'Waiting for the night') is a 2023 French-Belgian fantasy-horror drama film co-written and directed by Céline Rouzet. It premiered at the 80th edition of the Venice Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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