''Lights Out'' () is a 2010 French

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written and directed by Fabrice Gobert and starring Jules Pelissier, Ana Girardot, Arthur Mazet, Laurent Delbecque, Selma El Mouissi, Audrey Bastien, Esteban Carvajal Alegria, Yan Tassin,

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and Laurent Capelluto.

Cast

* as Jérémie Legrand * Ana Girardot as Alice Cartier * as Jean-Baptiste Rabier * as Simon Werner * Selma El Mouissi as Laetitia * Audrey Bastien as Clara * as Luc * Yan Tassin as Frédéric *

as Rabier's father * Laurent Capelluto as Yves

Production

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took place from September to November 2009 in the

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near Tigery and at Lycée François Truffaut in

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Release

The film had its world premiere in the ''

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'' section of the

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Reception

Lee Marshall of ''

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'' wrote, "This genre-bending high-school thriller-drama about three students who go missing at a French lycee opens like a teen B-movie, but soon moves into more intriguing territory." Jordan Mintzer of ''

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'' called it "a deftly realized teen thriller" that is too similar to ''

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''. The film was nominated for Best First Feature Film at the

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, but lost to '' Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life''.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was written and performed by American

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band

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. It was released as part of the

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series, under the title ''SYR9: Simon Werner a Disparu''. It is the final release from the band, which broke up later in 2011.

Track listing

Charts

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