Nuit de chien (2009)
Directed by Werner Schroeter

Drama

aka: This Night

Film Synopsis

Ossorio, a former surgeon, returns to his home town after a long absence. Since he left for the front, everything has changed. The town is occupied by an army and the population are desperate to escape. The only way out is by boat, but the tickets are too expensive for most ordinary people. Ossorio makes his way through the war-ravaged town, looking for his partner. It is a desperate and distressing quest...

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Film Credits

Director: Werner Schroeter
Script: Juan Carlos Onetti (novel), Werner Schroeter, Gilles Taurand
Cinematographer: Thomas Plenert
Music: Eberhard Kloke
Cast: Pascal Greggory (Ossorio), Bruno Todeschini (Morasan), Eric Caravaca (Villar), Amira Casar (Irène), Nathalie Delon (Risso), Marc Barbé (Vargas), Jean-François Stévenin (Martins), Sami Frey (Barcala), Elsa Zylberstein (Maria de Souza), Bulle Ogier (Doña Inês), Laura Martin (Victoria), Mostefa Djadjam (Granowsky), Lena Schwarz (Rosaria), João Baptista (Juan), Pascale Schiller (Agnès), Laura Soveral (La mère de Rosaria), Oleg Zhukov (Max), Filipe Duarte (Júlio), Patrícia Guerreiro (Lola 1), Catarina Guimarães (Lola 2)
Country: Portugal / Germany / France
Language: French
Support: Color
Runtime: 110 min
Aka: This Night ; Tonight

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