‘Eat The Night’ Trailer Teases A Genre-Bending Tragedy
Get ready to have your heart broken by French filmmaking duo Caroline Poggi & Jonathan Vinel’s striking new film Eat The Night. The French queer romance-thriller follows a brother and sister who bond in the world of a video game. But, when the brother falls in love, things get messy, to say the least.
Read the full synopsis below:
Pablo, a small-time drug dealer, and his teenage sister Apolline have forged an unbreakable bond through their shared obsession with the online video game Darknoon. When Pablo falls for the mysterious Night, he gets swept up in their liaison, abandoning his sister to deal with the impending shutdown of their digital haven alone. As Pablo’s reckless choices provoke the wrath of a dangerous rival gang, the end of their virtual life draws near, upending their reality.
Now watch the trailer:
Eat the Night world premiered at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival as part of the Directors’ Fortnight section. It then went on to screen at BFI London Film Fest, Festival du nouveau cinéma, Reykjavik International Film Festival, and more.
This is Poggi and Vinel’s second feature following their 2018 dark sci-fi debut Jessica Forever. Their latest film explores the limits of hybrid visuals and pushes the expectations of narrative storytelling. Eat The Night weaves between a real-world France and the virtual world of Darknoon, which is realized through an original role-playing game used for the production. The duo share writing credits for the film along with Guillaume Bréaud (The Beast).
Théo Cholbi (Passages), Lila Gueneau (The Fantastic Journey of Margot & Marguerite), and Erwan Kepoa Falé (Passages) star in the film.
Eat The Night opens on January 10, 2025, in New York City at the IFC Center with directors in attendance before expanding to select theaters across the country.
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