Official US Trailer for ‘Eat the Night’ Crime Thriller + MMORPG Story
by Alex Billington
December 16, 2024
Source: YouTube
“Why are you doing that? Inevitably, it will backfire. Altered Innocence has revealed an official trailer for Eat the Night, a French crime thriller from the filmmaking duo Caroline Poggi & Jonathan Vinel. This one first premiered at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival earlier this year in the Directors’ Fortnight section, and it played at the London Film Fest. The newest vision from Caroline Poggi & Jonathan Vinel (known for Jessica Forever) is a bittersweet apocalyptic love story with a modern MMORPG twist. Young drug dealer Pablo and his sister Appoline bond over an online role playing game called Darknoon (which looks quite similar to World of Warcraft but isn’t the same). Suddenly Pablo falls for the mysterious Night, neglecting his sister and the game. While Appoline finishes the game, Pablo and Night become embroiled in a dangerous gang conflict, upending their reality. Starring Théo Cholbi & Lila Gueneau as Pablo & Apolline, with Erwan Kepoa Falé as Night, Mathieu Perotto, Eddy Suiveng, and Kevin Bago. An interesting intertwining of the video game and the real world, but is the point that gaming is never really as bad as actual drug dealing?
Here’s the official US trailer (+ poster) for Poggi & Vinel’s film Eat the Night, direct from YouTube:
“Game over is closer than you think.” Pablo, a small-time drug dealer, and his teenage sister Apolline have forged an unbreakable bond through their shared obsession with the online video game Darknoon. When Pablo falls for the mysterious Night, he gets swept up in their liaison, abandoning his sister to deal with the impending shutdown of their digital haven alone. As Pablo’s reckless choices provoke the wrath of a dangerous rival gang, the end of their virtual life draws near, upending their reality. Eat the Night is co-directed by French filmmakers Caroline Poggi & Jonathan Vinel, directors of the films Jessica Forever and Best Secret Place previously, plus many other short films and cinema projects. The screenplay is written by Guillaume Bréaud, Caroline Poggi, Jonathan Vinel, in collaboration with Clémence Madeleine-Perdrillat. It’s produced by Juliette Schrameck, Mathieu Verhaeghe, Thomas Verhaeghe. This initially premiered at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival in the Directors’ Fortnight sidebar earlier this year. Altered Innocence will debut Eat the Night in select US theaters starting on January 10th, 2025. For more info, visit their official site.
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