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'Still Night, Still Light' is a Canadian drama film, directed by Sophie Goyette and released in 2016.[Manon Dumais, [https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/cinema/488726/cinema-mes-nuits-feront-echo-rever-mieux "Mes nuits feront cho: rver mieux"]. 'Le Devoir', January 9, 2017.] The film stars liane Prfontaine as liane, a woman dealing with depression who temporarily abandons her life in Montreal and travels to Mexico City, where she stays at a home owned by Romes (Gerardo Trejoluna) and takes a job teaching his son to play piano; Romes, meanwhile, is planning to accompany his ailing father Pablo (Felipe Casanova) on a trip to Asia which may be Pablo's last major dream in his life.[Kiva Reardon, [https://filmmakermagazine.com/104043-your-film-will-always-travel-more-than-you-sophie-goyette-on-independent-distribution/#.YcOqJWjMLIU "'Your Film Will Always Travel More Than You': Director Sophie Goyette on Independent Distribution"]. 'Filmmaker', December 12, 2017.]
The film's cast also includes Marie-Ginette Guay and Monique Spaziani.[Charles-Henri Ramond, [https://www.filmsquebec.com/films/mes-nuits-feront-echo-sophie-goyette/ "Mes nuits feront cho Film de Sophie Goyette"]. 'Films du Qubec', December 28, 2016.] It is thematically related to, but not a direct remake of, Goyette's 2011 short film 'La Ronde', which also starred Prfontaine.[
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The film premiered at the 2016 Festival du nouveau cinma,[Jean-Baptiste Herv, [https://voir.ca/cinema/2016/10/12/les-essentiels-du-fnc-2016/ "LES ESSENTIELS DU FNC 2016"]. 'Voir', October 12, 2016.] before opening commercially in January 2017.[Andr Duchesne, [https://www.lapresse.ca/cinema/critiques/201701/13/01-5059200-mes-nuits-feront-echo-trois-histoires-de-transmission-12.php "Mes nuits feront cho: trois histoires de transmission"]. 'La Presse', January 13, 2017.]
The film was a nominee for the DGC Discovery Award at the 2017 Directors Guild of Canada awards.[Barry Hertz, [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/directors-guild-of-canada-reveals-long-list-for-discovery-award/article36160959/ "Directors Guild of Canada reveals long list for Discovery Award"]. 'The Globe and Mail', September 5, 2017.]
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