The Night Watchman (2015 film)

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The Night Watchman
Jamais de la vie poster.jpg
Film poster
Directed by Pierre Jolivet
Written by
  • Pierre Jolivet
  • Simon Michaël
  • Simon Moutairou
Produced by
  • Gaëtan David
  • André Logie
  • Xavier Rigault
  • Marc-Antoine Robert
Starring
CinematographyJérôme Alméras
Edited byYves Deschamps
Music by
  • Adrien Jolivet
  • Sacha Sieff
Production
companies
  • 2.4.7. Films
  • France 3 Cinéma
  • Panache Productions
  • La Compagnie Cinématographique
Distributed by Ad Vitam Distribution (France)
Release dates
  • 8 April 2015 (2015-04-08)(France)
  • 29 April 2015 (2015-04-29)(Belgium)
Running time
95 minutes
CountriesFrance
Belgium
LanguageFrench
Budget$4 million [1]
Box office$253.000 [2]

The Night Watchman (French title: Jamais de la vie) is a 2015 French-Belgian thriller film directed by Pierre Jolivet. The story revolves around Franck, a shopping mall night watchman, who discovers a planned holdup. [3] The movie won the Golden Goblet Award for Best Feature Film at the 2015 Shanghai International Film Festival. [4]

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References

  1. "Jamais de la vie". Archived from the original on 29 July 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  2. "The Night Watchman".
  3. "'The Night Watchman' ('Jamais de la vie'): Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter . 8 April 2015.
  4. "Shanghai Festival: Pierre Jolivet's 'Night Watchman' Wins Golden Goblet". Variety . 21 June 2015.