Sleep, Perchance to Dream: Lafleur’s Eccentric Portrait of One Hazy Summer
Quebecois filmmaker Stephane Lafleur’s third film, Tu dors Nicole (“You’re Sleeping Nicole) unfolds over one drifting summer through the life of a semi-irresponsible young woman. Lazy moments etched in beautiful black and white cinematography stylistically recalls a similar tale of directionless youth in Noah Baumbach’s Frances Ha, though Lafleur and regular co-writer Valerie Beugrand-Champagne seem less invested in instilling their heroine with a similar sense of infectious charm.
Nicole (Juliane Cote) is left to look after her house while her parents are away over the summer. Though they’ve left explicit instructions, Nicole herself has nothing particularly pressing to do other than working a dead end job at a donation center and hang out with her best friend Veronique (Catherine St. Laurent). The young women seem resigned to depend on the other’s plans as they wander around town,...
Quebecois filmmaker Stephane Lafleur’s third film, Tu dors Nicole (“You’re Sleeping Nicole) unfolds over one drifting summer through the life of a semi-irresponsible young woman. Lazy moments etched in beautiful black and white cinematography stylistically recalls a similar tale of directionless youth in Noah Baumbach’s Frances Ha, though Lafleur and regular co-writer Valerie Beugrand-Champagne seem less invested in instilling their heroine with a similar sense of infectious charm.
Nicole (Juliane Cote) is left to look after her house while her parents are away over the summer. Though they’ve left explicit instructions, Nicole herself has nothing particularly pressing to do other than working a dead end job at a donation center and hang out with her best friend Veronique (Catherine St. Laurent). The young women seem resigned to depend on the other’s plans as they wander around town,...
- 5/30/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
With all the attention foisted upon Xavier Dolan's "Mommy" last year, another film by a Quebecois director was unfortunately overshadowed. Stéphane Lafleur's "Tu Dors Nicole" has screened at Cannes (as part of the Cannes Directors' Fortnight) has earned strong reviews, but didn't get the same boost as Dolan's Jury Prize winning effort. You'll get a chance to check it out this summer when the movie rolls out to cinemas, and a new trailer has arrived. Starring Julianne Cote, Catherine St-Laurent, Marc-Andre Grondin, Francis La Haye, Simon Larouche, Godefroy Reding and Fanny Mallette, the story follows Nicole and Veronique, who find their breezy summer plans interrupted by the arrival of Nicole's older brother Remi and his bandmates. The movie completely bowled over our critic in Cannes last year, who wrote in his A-grade review that the film is "executed with such charm and skill in every gorgeous frame that...
- 5/11/2015
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Tu Dors Nicole
Director: Stéphane Lafleur
Writer: Stéphane Lafleur
Producers: micro_scope’s Luc Déry and Kim McCraw
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Julianne Côté, Catherine St-Laurent, Marc-André Grondin, Francis La Haye and Simon Larouche
The tendency of throwing his Coenesque character set into perilous type of predicaments should continue with his summer set, boys vs. girls titled Tu Dors Nicole. A third feature for Quebecois helmer Stéphane Lafleur, we fully expect to stick to the same black humor template found in his previous pair: the festival favorites Continental, un film and En terrain connu.
Gist: Enjoying the family home while her parents are away, Nicole (22 years old) is quietly spending the first weeks of her year off until her older brother Rémi shows up with his music group. The summer then takes an unexpected turn for Nicole and her best friend Véronique.
Release Date: Filming took place last...
Director: Stéphane Lafleur
Writer: Stéphane Lafleur
Producers: micro_scope’s Luc Déry and Kim McCraw
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Julianne Côté, Catherine St-Laurent, Marc-André Grondin, Francis La Haye and Simon Larouche
The tendency of throwing his Coenesque character set into perilous type of predicaments should continue with his summer set, boys vs. girls titled Tu Dors Nicole. A third feature for Quebecois helmer Stéphane Lafleur, we fully expect to stick to the same black humor template found in his previous pair: the festival favorites Continental, un film and En terrain connu.
Gist: Enjoying the family home while her parents are away, Nicole (22 years old) is quietly spending the first weeks of her year off until her older brother Rémi shows up with his music group. The summer then takes an unexpected turn for Nicole and her best friend Véronique.
Release Date: Filming took place last...
- 2/4/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
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