The Passengers of the Night (2022)
The Passengers of the Night
”Elisabeth, a single mother, finds solace in a late-night radio show and takes in a lost soul.”
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In this movie, Charlotte Gainsbourg ("Antichrist", "Nymphomaniac") plays a single mother with two teenage children trying to survive a painful separation and finding unexpected support in a late night radio broadcast. Where she also finds a lost soul named Talulah, played by Noee Abita. She offers the young woman a room in her apartment - so we enter into a family dynamic with the new inhabitant of the house. It's a typical French film about life, the challenges of everyday life and also the banality. 'Les passagers de la nuit' could be a good introduction for a series, since the narrative remains truncated in the movie.
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Left by her husband, Elisabeth finds herself alone, responsible for the day-to-day care of her two children. She picks up a job on a night-time radio show, where she meets Talulah, a youngster she decides to take under her wing.
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