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Red Nights

Laurent COURTIAUD / Julien CARBON

France/Belgium/China2009 98min 35mm Color Asian Premiere

Synopsis

A French woman escapes to Hong Kong after having killed her lover to take an antique holding the potion. She becomes the hand of fate that pits a Taiwanese gangster against an epicurean woman murderer who sees herself as a new incarnation of the Jade Executioner.

Diretor

Laurent COURTIAUD

They met in 1990 and helped through their work for several movie magazines. After they decided to write films, then later become directors. In 2007, along with their long time partner Cantonese director Kit Wong, they set up a Hong Kong based production company, Red East Pictures, and a creative label, The Ubiks, and invested in a RED digital camera. Red Nights is the first product of this system, a film with a distinct style, shot on digital format with the highest technical requirements with a mixed Hong Kong, Taiwanese, French and Belgian crew cast and financing. As Red Nights begins to appear in festivals worldwide, starting with Toronto International Film Festival, Julien and Laurent are already entering pre-production for their new project 3 Days Away, a romantic thriller set in Hong Kong with a western cast.

Julien CARBON

They met in 1990 and helped through their work for several movie magazines. After they decided to write films, then later become directors. In 2007, along with their long time partner Cantonese director Kit Wong, they set up a Hong Kong based production company, Red East Pictures, and a creative label, The Ubiks, and invested in a RED digital camera. Red Nights is the first product of this system, a film with a distinct style, shot on digital format with the highest technical requirements with a mixed Hong Kong, Taiwanese, French and Belgian crew cast and financing. As Red Nights begins to appear in festivals worldwide, starting with Toronto International Film Festival, Julien and Laurent are already entering pre-production for their new project 3 Days Away, a romantic thriller set in Hong Kong with a western cast.