Gaumont Launches Thriller Night Call at AFM (EXCLUSIVE)

Publish date: 2024-08-18

Gaumont is launching “Night Call,” a high-concept thriller set over the course of a night, directed by rising filmmaker Michiel Blanchart.

Blanchart, who is repped by WME and Itaka Media, previously directed the short film “You’re Dead Hélène,” which was a festival standout and played at Clermont-Ferrand and Sitges, among other festivals. It also made the live action Oscar shortlist last year. Blanchart is set to direct a U.S. feature adaptation of “You’re Dead Hélène,” produced by Sam Raimi.

“Night Call” follows Mady, a student who works as a locksmith by night. He helps Claire get into her apartment and soon realizes that she lied to him about her identity and robbed something that belonged to a dangerous man, Yannick. Mady gets embroiled in a manhunt and will have one night to prove his innocence.

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The thriller is set in a Brussels, shaken by demonstrations pitting Black Lives Matter activists against police. Blanchart penned the script with the collaboration of Gilles Marchand (“The Night of the 12”).

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Gaumont’s Alexis Cassanet, who will introduce the project to buyers at the AFM, described the film as a gripping thriller in the vein of Fred Cavayé’s “Point Blank.”

“Night Call” stars Jonathan Feltre, Natacha Krief and Jonas Bloquet, as well as Romain Duris.
The film, which shot in March, is produced by Daylight Films, Formosa and Quad. Gaumont is co-producing with France 3 Cinéma and A Private View. Producers are Michaël Goldberg, Boris Van Gils,
Margaux Marciano, Nicolas Duval Adassovsky.

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