L’adieu à la nuit | Farewell to the Night
Competition 2019
FRA/DEU 2019
by: André Téchiné
Catherine Deneuve, Kacey Mottet Klein
L’adieu à la nuit | Farewell to the Night
Competition 2019
FRA/DEU 2019
by: André Téchiné
Catherine Deneuve
L’adieu à la nuit | Farewell to the Night
Competition 2019
FRA/DEU 2019
by: André Téchiné
Kacey Mottet Klein, Oulaya Amamra
L’adieu à la nuit | Farewell to the Night
Competition 2019
FRA/DEU 2019
by: André Téchiné
Kacey Mottet Klein, Oulaya Amamra
L’adieu à la nuit | Farewell to the Night
Competition 2019
FRA/DEU 2019
by: André Téchiné
Kacey Mottet Klein
L’adieu à la nuit | Farewell to the Night
Competition 2019
FRA/DEU 2019
by: André Téchiné
André Téchiné
Feb 12, 2019Kacey Mottet Klein
The actor with fans at the Red Carpet.
Competition – L’adieu à la nuit | Farewell to the Night
Feb 12, 2019Kacey Mottet Klein
The actor signing his Star Portrait in the Berlinale Palast.
Competition – L’adieu à la nuit | Farewell to the Night
Feb 12, 2019Kacey Mottet Klein, Dieter Kosslick
The actor and the Festival Director in the Berlinale VIP Club.
Competition – L’adieu à la nuit | Farewell to the Night
Feb 12, 2019Catherine Deneuve, André Téchiné
The actress and the director on their way to the Photo Call.
Competition – L’adieu à la nuit | Farewell to the Night
Feb 12, 2019Catherine Deneuve
The actress at the Photo Call.
Competition – L’adieu à la nuit | Farewell to the Night
Feb 12, 2019Catherine Deneuve, André Téchiné
The actress and the director at the Photo Call.
Competition – L’adieu à la nuit | Farewell to the Night
Feb 12, 2019André Téchiné
The director at the Press Conference.
Competition – L’adieu à la nuit | Farewell to the Night
Feb 12, 2019André Téchiné
At the Press Conference.
Competition – L’adieu à la nuit | Farewell to the Night
Feb 12, 2019Stéphane Bak
The actor at the Press Conference.
Competition – L’adieu à la nuit | Farewell to the Night
Feb 12, 2019Stéphane Bak, André Téchiné, Catherine Deneuve
At the Press Conference.
Competition – L’adieu à la nuit | Farewell to the Night
Feb 12, 2019Léa Mysius
She wrote the script together with André Téchiné.
Competition – L’adieu à la nuit | Farewell to the Night
Feb 12, 2019Stéphane Bak
On the Red Carpet.
Competition – L’adieu à la nuit | Farewell to the Night
Feb 12, 2019Catherine Deneuve, Dieter Kosslick, Stéphane Bak, Kacey Mottet Klein
The Festival Director with the film team in the Berlinale Palast.
Competition – L’adieu à la nuit | Farewell to the Night
Léa Mysius (Screenwriter), Stéphane Bak (Actor), André Téchiné (Director, Screenwriter), Catherine Deneuve (Actress), Kacey Mottet Klein (Actor), Olivier Delbosc (Producer)
Moderation: Anatol Weber
Press Conference at full lengthMuriel breeds horses in France and runs an almond plantation with her business partner from the Maghreb. A confident woman who spent her childhood and youth in Algeria, Muriel seems to enjoy a life that is both harmonious and fulfilled. She receives a visit from her beloved grandson Alex, whom she raised after his mother died in an accident. He is on his way to Canada, where he allegedly has a job. However, Muriel discovers that Alex has other plans – and a much more dangerous destination. Moreover, his childhood sweetheart Lila also seems to be more deeply involved than Muriel initially suspects. The young man becomes more and more of a stranger to her; the complete change that has come over him is incomprehensible to his grandmother. She senses that her words and any amount of discussion will not help. Finding herself caught in a dilemma between her love for her grandson and her deep concern, she decides to take a drastic step. What begins as a personal story about a family takes on surprisingly political dimensions and currency. This in turn raises questions to which there are no simple or universal answers. But these are questions that nonetheless need to be asked.
by
André Téchiné
France / Germany 2019
French
104’ · Colour
World premiere
Catherine Deneuve (Muriel)Kacey Mottet Klein (Alex)Oulaya Amamra (Lila)Stéphane Bak (Bilal)Mohamed Djouhri (Youssef)
Born in Valence d’Agen, France in 1943. He wrote for the ‘Cahiers du Cinéma’ film magazine in Paris between 1964 and 1967 and then became assistant director to Jacques Rivette. He first began working as a stage director in Paris before turning to screenwriting and film directing in the early 1970s. His greatest successes include Ma Saison Préferée (My Favourite Season) and the multi-award-winning drama Les roseaux sauvages (Wild Reeds). His work most recently featured in the Berlinale Competition in 2016 with Quand on a 17 ans (Being 17).
Filmography1969 Paulina s'en va (Paulina is Leaving) 1976 Barocco 1979 Les sœurs Brontë (Die Schwestern Brontë) 1981 Hôtel des Amériques (Begegnung in Biarritz) 1983 La matiouette 1985 Rendez-vous 1987 Les innocents (Die Unschuldigen) 1991 J'embrasse pas (I don't kiss) 1993 Ma saison préferée (Meine liebste Jahreszeit) 1994 Les roseaux sauvages (Wilde Herzen) · Les Voleurs (Thieves) 1998 Alice et Martin (Alice and Martin) 2001 Loin (Weit weg - Loin) 2003 Les égarés (Strayed) 2004 Les temps qui changent (Changing Times) 2007 Les Témoins (Die Zeugen) 2009 La fille du RER (The Girl on the Train) 2011 Impardonnables (Unforgivable) 2012 L'homme qu'on amait trop (In the Name of my Daughter) 2016 Quand on a 17 ans · Nos années folles 2019 L'adieu à la nuit (Farewell to the Night)
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2019
Curiosa Films
France tv distribution