One Night (2012 film)

One Night
One Night
	Film poster
Directed by	Lucas Belvaux
Screenplay by	Lucas Belvaux
Based on	Est-ce ainsi que les femmes meurent?; by Didier Decoin
Produced by	Yvan Attal; ;
Starring	Yvan Attal; Sophie Quinton; Nicole Garcia
Cinematography
Edited by	Ludo Troch
Music by	Arne Van Dongen
Production; company	Agat Films & Cie
Distributed by	Cinéart (Belgium) Diaphana Films (France)
Release date	30 January 2012 (Rotterdam Film Festival); 14 March 2012 (Belgium & France);
Running time	104 minutes
Countries	Belgium; France
Language	French
Budget	$7.1 million
Box office	$3.3 million

One Night (French: 38 témoins), also known as 38 Witnesses, is a 2012 Belgian-French drama film directed by Lucas Belvaux.^[2] It was written by Belvaux based on Didier Decoin's novel Est-ce ainsi que les femmes meurent?. It premiered on 30 January 2012, at the International Film Festival Rotterdam. The film was nominated for seven Magritte Awards, winning Best Screenplay.^[3]

Plot[]

When Louise Morvand returns from a business trip to China she discovers that a crime has been committed in her hometown. A woman has been murdered in the very street where Louise lives with her husband Pierre. Upon initial police investigation it appears that there were no witnesses to the crime,^[4] and Louise's neighbours seem to be strangely uninterested in finding the murderer. Haunted by a feeling of guilt, Pierre goes to the police station and admits that he heard screams and saw the attacked woman from the window on the night of the murder. Following his testimony at the police, Pierre is misunderstood by his wife and ostracized and harassed by his neighbours. A full investigation reveals that 38 people actually witnessed the crime, but none of them called police or did anything to help the victim. Journalist Sylvie Loriot is determined to reveal the truth to the public. The police reconstructs the crime with the help of the witnesses, and Louise leaves her husband.

Cast[]

Yvan Attal as captain Pierre Morvand
Sophie Quinton as Louise Morvand (Pierre's wife)
Nicole Garcia as journalist Sylvie Loriot
as Léonard
Natacha Régnier as Anne
Patrick Descamps as Petrini
Didier Sandre as Lacourt
Pierre Rochefort as the young policeman

References[]

^ "38 TÉMOINS (2012)". JP' Box-Office. Retrieved 2012-01-30.
^ "38 Witnesses". unifrance.org. Retrieved 2014-01-23.
^ Leurquin, Anne-Sophie (February 2, 2013). "Quatre Magritte pour " A perdre la raison "". Le Soir (in French). Archived from the original on February 4, 2013. Retrieved February 3, 2013.
^ "One Night (2012)". imdb.com. Retrieved 2020-09-05.

External links[]

One Night at IMDb

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[1] "38 TÉMOINS (2012)". JP' Box-Office. Retrieved 2012-01-30.

[2] "38 Witnesses". unifrance.org. Retrieved 2014-01-23.

[3] Leurquin, Anne-Sophie (February 2, 2013). "Quatre Magritte pour " A perdre la raison "". Le Soir (in French). Archived from the original on February 4, 2013. Retrieved February 3, 2013.

[4] "One Night (2012)". imdb.com. Retrieved 2020-09-05.

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