Farewell to the Night

Farewell to the Night
Theatrical release poster
FrenchL'Adieu à la nuit
Directed byAndré Téchiné
Written by
Produced byOlivier Delbosc
Starring
CinematographyJulien Hirsch
Edited byAlbertine Lastera
Music byAlexis Rault
Production
companies
Distributed byAd Vitam
Release dates
  • 12 February 2019 (2019-02-12) (Berlinale)
  • 24 April 2019 (2019-04-24) (France)
Running time
103 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Box office$2.1 million[1]

Farewell to the Night (French: L'Adieu à la nuit) is 2019 French drama thriller film directed by André Téchiné from a screenplay written by Téchiné and Léa Mysius, based on an original idea from Téchiné and Amer Alwan. It stars Catherine Deneuve as a woman who is visited by her beloved grandson as he prepares to leave for a new job in Canada, but she slowly learns about his dark secrets.[2][3]

Cast

Production

Principal photography took place from 9 April to 7 June 2018.[4] Filming took place entirely in the Pyrénées-Orientales department.[5] Locations included Montesquieu-des-Albères, Perpignan, Villeneuve-de-la-Raho, Cabestany, Port-Vendres, Canet-en-Roussillon,[6] Saint-Cyprien,[7] Argelès-sur-Mer,[8] Céret and Le Boulou.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Farewell to the Night (2019)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  2. ↑ "Film show: 'Farewell to the Night', 'Victor and Célia', 'The Mercy of the Jungle'". France24. 24 April 2019.
  3. ↑ Vincent Coste (10 March 2018). "Cinéma, séries, télévision : des records de tournages en Occitanie". Midi Libre. Retrieved 29 April 2019..
  4. ↑ "L'Adieu à la nuit". Ciné-Ressources (in French). Cinémathèque française. Retrieved 3 August 2026.
  5. ↑ ""L'Adieu à la nuit": intégralement tourné dans les P.-O., le film avec Catherine Deneuve sur la radicalisation islamique sort ce mercredi". lindependant.fr (in French). Retrieved 4 August 2026.
  6. ↑ "Confrontation, le festival de cinéma de Perpignan, met le focus sur les femmes rebelles". lindependant.fr (in French). Retrieved 4 August 2026.
  7. ↑ "Le film avec Catherine Deneuve passe par Saint-Cyprien". lindependant.fr (in French). Retrieved 4 August 2026.
  8. ↑ "Catherine Deneuve était hier à la gare pour « L'adieu à la nuit »". lindependant.fr (in French). Retrieved 4 August 2026.
  9. ↑ "Deneuve et Téchiné en tournage du coté du Palau". lindependant.fr (in French). Retrieved 4 August 2026.