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night call

“It’s simple: You’re a friend, or a problem!” Mady knows that gangster boss Yannick's threat is serious and that it brings him one step closer to his grave. All started to go wrong when the harmless locksmith on night duty got framed by the pretty Claire. The apartment he broke into was obviously not hers. There is no doubt about that anymore, when he gets an expected visit. Things just get worse, as Mady sticks his screwdriver in self-defense into the skull of the unpleasant thug. A nerve-wracking chase through a night full of violence and crazy coincidences, in which the young man challenges his fate again and again with every decision he makes. 

Belgian director Michiel Blanchart must be a perfectionist. After all, his debut is the best French-speaking thriller in years. With Petula Clark's rousing sounds of “La Nuit n'en finit plus”, breathless action and its emotional, shocking and ironic twists, the film is a real gem of the genre!