38th edition
17-25 january 2026

Strangers by Night

Une nuit

Alex Lutz

Image Strangers by Night
© MC Orlando
France
2023 Fiction 1h31
OV without subtitles
Paris, a crowded underground train, an evening like any other. A woman bumps into a man, they argue. Very quickly, the electric current transforms... into burning desire. The two strangers leave the train and make love in a photo booth. Now the night belongs to them.
Cast : Karin Viard, Alex Lutz, Jérôme Pouly, Noémie De Lattre, Kenza Fortas, Nicole Calfan

Scenario : Alex Lutz, Karin Viard, Hadrien Bichet
Cinematography : Éponine Momenceau
Sound : Quentin Blayo
Editing : Monica Coleman
Music : Vincent Blanchard
Production : Maneki Films
Distribution : Studio Canal
Une Nuit holds a secret. It makes you want to watch the film again immediately, like a marital version of The Usual Suspects. A revelation that will eventually unfold on a bridge in the early hours of the morning, between what is happening there and now, and a drama that is yet to come. Fluid, verbose and sensual, the result is a deeply moving thriller of emotions. Above all, it reinvents a great performer: Karin Viard, who displays absolute freedom under the knowing gaze of Alex Lutz. Both strong and frail, she shines. Thanks to her this film, with its Antonioni-esque title, could just as easily be called Identification of a Woman. Or of an Actress. (Guillemette Odicino; telerama.fr)