French thriller Night time Name, directed by Michiel Blanchart and set in opposition to the backdrop of the Black Lives Matter protests in Belgium, is produced by Gaumont (Gaumont) has been bought virtually worldwide and the movie opens in France right now.
Night time Name, which was beforehand acquired by Magnet Releasing for distribution in North America, follows a younger locksmith who will get far more than he bargained for after receiving an emergency name, placing him within the crosshairs of a ruthless mob boss. .
That is Blanchard’s function movie debut. His live-action brief “Helen Is Lifeless” was nominated for the 94th Academy Award and is at the moment being tailored into an English function movie by Sam Raimi and TriStar Photos.
United Kingdom (Vertigo), Spain (A Contracorriente), Italy (102 Distribution), Scandinavia (Nonstop), South Korea (Mediasoft), Latin America (California Filmes), Portugal (Cinemundo), Germany, Austria, German-speaking Luxembourg and Switzerland, Poland (Galapagos Islands), India (Pictureworks) and New Caledonia (Trident Import Export).
The movie was screened on the opening evening of the New Wave Competition in Biarritz in June, the place it gained the Viewers Award.
Blanchard co-wrote the screenplay with Gilles Marchand (Night time of Twelve). The story revolves round Maddie (performed by Jonathan Felt), a scholar by day and a locksmith by evening, who receives an pressing name from Claire asking to choose the lock. However the door the younger girl was making an attempt to open was not hers, nor was the bag of money from which she escaped. It belongs to Yannick (Romain Duris), a sinister crime boss who blames Maddie and can cease at nothing to get better his stolen items. In a metropolis rocked by protests, Maddie has only one evening to show her innocence and save herself.
Gaumont’s Alexis Cassanet described the movie as a gripping thriller within the fashion of Fred Cavayé’s Level Clean.
“Night time Name” is produced by Boucan (“Viva Riva”, “The Wedding ceremony”) and Quad (“The Intouchables”, “The Dying of Stalin”). Producers embody Michael Goldberg, Boris van Giles, Margaux Marciano and Nicolas Duval-Adasovsky. Gaumont is a co-producer of the movie.
