Eat the Night

Quinzaine 2024 | Feature film | 106 min | France

World premiere

Pablo and his teenage sister, Apolline, have grown up together playing Darknoon, an online heroic fantasy video game. Darknoon announces the imminent disappearance of its universe, while Pablo's relationship with a man called Night takes on increasing importance, and not just because they make and deal party drugs together. Part-thriller, part-romance, between digital and desiring bodies, a film about the loss of childhood innocence: Ready Player Love.

Director

Caroline Poggi

Caroline Poggi was born in 1990 in Ajaccio. She studied at the University of Corsica, and then graduated from the University Paris 8. Born in Toulouse in 1988, Jonathan Vinel studied editing at La Fémis. They began directing solo before embarking on a collaboration for As Long As Shotguns Remain, which won the Golden Bear for Best Short Film at the Berlinale. Their first feature film Jessica Forever premiered at TIFF and subsequently played at the Berlinale.

Jonathan Vinel

Born in Toulouse in 1988, Jonathan Vinel studied editing at La Fémis. Caroline Poggi was born in 1990 in Ajaccio. She studied at the University of Corsica, and then graduated from the University Paris IV. They began directing solo before embarking on a collaboration for As Long As Shotguns Remain, which won the Golden Bear for Best Short Film at the Berlinale. Their first feature film Jessica Forever premiered at TIFF and subsequently played at the Berlinale.