Nuits blanches

Sleepless Nights | Schlaflose Nächte

Berlinale Shorts 2023

April 2022 in France. The presidential election is entering its final round and the atmosphere is tense. Solène, a waitress, drifts through the night. She takes drugs, hurts people’s feelings and increasingly loses her grip.

by Donatienne Berthereau
with Solène Salvat, Léa Schweitzer, Nans Laborde-Jourdàa, Badis Behi France 2023 French 25’ Colour International premiere

With

Solène Salvat (Solène)
Léa Schweitzer (Marie)
Nans Laborde-Jourdàa (Nans)
Badis Behi (Badis)

Crew

Director	Donatienne Berthereau
Screenplay	Donatienne Berthereau, Jonathan Palumbo
Cinematography	Pauline Doméjean
Editing	Ugo Simon, Laura Rius Aran
Sound	Paul Guilloteau
Sound Editing	Adrien Cannepin
Sound Mixing	Noëmy Oraison
Colour Correction	Lou Lavalette
Production Design	Léa Lemarchand
Assistant Director	Romain Rivière
Production Manager	Louis Beauvié
Producer	Dorothée Levesque

World Sales

Ecce Films

Produced by

Les Films du Sursaut

Photos

Donatienne Berthereau

Born in Montreuil, France in 1993, she studied film at the Sorbonne Nouvelle university and then directing at La Fémis in Paris. Nuits blanches is her first film since she graduated in 2021. She is currently developing her debut feature film, a free adaptation of “L’Etranger” by Albert Camus. Since January 2023, she has also been filming a documentary about a newly elected member of the French parliament.

Filmography ( short films)

2021 Le Temps d’aimer 2023 Nuits blanches (Sleepless Nights)

Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2023