Friday Night
(Vendredi soir)
Screening on Film
Directed by Claire Denis.
With Valerie Lemercier, Vincent Lindon.
France, 2002, 35mm, color, 90 min.
French with English subtitles.
With Valerie Lemercier, Vincent Lindon.
France, 2002, 35mm, color, 90 min.
French with English subtitles.
Claire Denis (Beau Travail, Chocolat, Nenette and Boni) conjures up a spellbound night in Paris. Laure, having packed up her possessions to move in with her lover, is more unsettled about this new commitment than she appears. Heading out for a last dinner with friends, she becomes stuck in a terrible traffic jam. As she takes in the sights and sounds around her—the blare of horns and arguments, the shimmer of lights and camaraderie—Laure encounters a stranger who will change her life. Intensely erotic and romantic, Friday Night is a lyrical ode to unexpected pleasures, to the independence of self, and to the most beautiful city in the world.