You're Sleeping Nicole
You're Sleeping Nicole (French: Tu dors Nicole) is a 2014 Canadian drama film directed by Stéphane Lafleur. It was selected to be screened as part of the Directors' Fortnight section of the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.[1] The film had a limited release (in Montreal) on 22 August 2014, followed by a general Quebec theatrical release on 29 August 2014.[2] It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.[3]
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French | Tu dors Nicole |
Directed by | Stéphane Lafleur |
Written by | Stéphane Lafleur |
Produced by | Luc Déry Kim McCraw |
Starring | Julianne Côté Marc-André Grondin |
Cinematography | Sara Mishara |
Edited by | Sophie Leblond |
Music by | Rémy Nadeau-Aubin |
Production companies | Fullum Films Studios micro_scope |
Distributed by | Christal Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | French |
The film stars Julianne Côté as Nicole, a young woman who is becoming increasingly disillusioned with her quiet small-town life over the course of a summer.
Reception
The film was included in the list of Canada's Top Ten feature films of 2014, selected by a panel of filmmakers and industry professionals organized by TIFF.[4]
It has a Metacritic score of 79%.[5]
Released in the United States under the title Tu Dors Nicole,[6] the film garnered positive reviews in The New York Times[7] and other publications, for an average rating of 7.9/10 at Rotten Tomatoes.[8]
Awards
The film garnered six Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 3rd Canadian Screen Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director (Lafleur), Best Actress (Côté), Best Supporting Actor (Marc-André Grondin), Best Supporting Actress (Catherine St-Laurent) and Best Original Screenplay (Lafleur).[9]
Tu Dors Nicole had nine Jutra Award nominations (the second-most of any film for 2014),[10] winning for Best Sound (Sylvain Bellemare, Pierre Bertrand, and Bernard Gariépy Strobl) and Best Original Music (Rémi Nadeau-Aubin and Christophe Lamarche-Ledoux).[11]
The Vancouver Film Critics Circle named Tu Dors Nicole Best Canadian Film of 2014, and also honoured it for Best Actress in a Canadian Film (Côté) and Best Supporting Actor in a Canadian Film (Grondin).[12]
The film was the winner of the Prix collégial du cinéma québécois in 2015.[13]
Home video
Kino Lorber has announced a Blu-ray and DVD of Tu Dors Nicole, to be released on 27 October 2015.[14]
Cast
- Marc-André Grondin as Rémi Gagnon
- Fanny Mallette as Mère de Martin
- Julianne Côté as Nicole Gagnon
- Francis La Haye as JF / batteur
- Catherine St-Laurent as Véronique Simard
- Simon Larouche as Pat / bassiste
References
- "Cannes Directors' Fortnight 2014 lineup unveiled". Screendaily. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
- "Tu dors Nicole". Cinoche.com. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
- "TIFF Adds 'Clouds of Sils Maria' and 'Two Days, One Night,' Reveals 5 More Lineups". Indiewire. 12 August 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
- Linda Barnard (1 December 2014). "TIFF's Top Ten Film Festival: Spotlight on Canadian film". Toronto Star. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
- "Tu Dors Nicole Reviews - Metacritic". metacritic.com. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
- Michael Nordine (21 June 2015). "The French-Canadian Teen Dreamers of 'Tu dors Nicole'". OZY.com. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
- Steven Holden (28 May 2015). "Review: In 'Tu Dors Nicole,' the Daughter Loafs While the Parents Are Away". New York Times. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
- "TU DORS NICOLE (2015)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
- "Reynolds, Pattinson among film nominees at Canadian Screen Awards". Global News, 13 January 2015.
- Éric Moreault (26 January 2015). "Jutra 2015: Xavier Dolan vole la vedette". La Presse. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
- Anne Laguë (16 March 2015). "Xavier Dolan s'illustre avec Mommy". La Presse. La Presse Canadienne. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
- "15th Annual Award Winners" (Press release). Vancouver Film Critics Circle. 6 January 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
- "Tu dors Nicole remporte le Prix collégial du cinéma québécois". TVA Nouvelles, March 14, 2015.
- "Kino Lorber Releases Tu Dors Nicole on Blu-ray & DVD October 27th" (Press release). Kino Lorber. 7 October 2015. Retrieved 14 October 2015.