Despite the Night

Despite the Night (French: Malgré la nuit) is a 2015 French-Canadian experimental film directed by Philippe Grandrieux.^[1][2]

Despite the Night
Film poster
French	Malgré la nuit
Directed by	Philippe Grandrieux
Written by	Philippe Grandrieux Bertrand Schefer Rebecca Zlotowski John-Henry Butterworth
Produced by	Catherine Jacques Stéphanie Morissette Nicolas Ccomeau
Starring	Kristian Marr Ariane Labed Roxane Mesquida Paul Hamy
Cinematography	Jessica Lee Gagné
Edited by	Françoise Tourmen
Music by	Ferdinand Grandrieux
Production companies	Mandrake Films 1976 Productions
Distributed by	Shellac
Release dates	11 October 2015 (2015-10-11) (FNC) 6 July 2016 (2016-07-06) (France)
Running time	156 minutes
Countries	France Canada
Languages	French English

Plot

Cast

• Kristian Marr as Lenz
• Ariane Labed as Hélène
• Roxane Mesquida as Lena
• Paul Hamy as Louis
• Johan Leysen as Vitali
• Sam Louwyck as The man with metallic voice
• Aurélien Recoing as Paul
• Gabrielle Lazure as The mother
• Lola Norda as Lola

Release

The film premiered at the Festival du nouveau cinéma in October 2015. It was screened at the AFI Fest in November 2016.^[3][4]