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Cinemania

FOUR NIGHTS OF A DREAMER
QUATRE NUITS D’UN REVEUR

• Director: Robert Bresson
• FRANCE, ITALY / 1971 / DCP / Colour / 83’ / French; Turkish, English s.t.

• Screenplay: Robert Bresson
• Original Work: Fyodor Dostoyevski
• Director of Photography: Pierre Lhomme
• Editing: Raymond Lamy
• Music: Michel Magne
• Cast: Guillaume des Forêts, Isabelle Weingarten, Jean-Maurice Monnayer, Jérôme Massart, Patrick Jouané, Lydia Biondi, Giorgio Maulini
• Producer: Gian Vittorio Baldi
• Production Co.: Albina Productions, Victoria Films, I Film Dell’Orso
• World Sales: MK2 Films

1971 BFI Sutherland Trophy

One of cinema’s great auteurs, Robert Bresson’s Four Nights of a Dreamer is a lyrical and minimalist adaptation of Dostoevsky’s short story ’White Nights.’ Set against the backdrop of 1970s Paris, the film tells the story of Jacques, a sensitive and reclusive young artist, and Marthe, a troubled woman caught in a web of unrequited love. Over the course of four nights, the two strangers meet on the bridges of the Seine, engaging in deep conversations that intertwine dreams, longing, and the fragility of human connection. The film eschews melodrama, instead capturing raw emotions and existential reflections. To be screened from its digitally restored copy, Four Nights of a Dreamer is a contemplative exploration of love and solitude. A must-watch for lovers of auteur cinema, for those who wish to rediscover Bresson, and to enjoy this simplistic masterpiece on the big screen.

* In accordance with Article 7 of the Law No. 5224 amended on 18.01.2019, cinema films that have not been reviewed and classified can only be screened in festivals, special screenings and similar cultural and artistic events with an 18+ age restriction.

This film was a Meetings on the Bridge participant.