''Toute une nuit'' (also known as ''A Whole Night'' and ''All Night Long'') is a 1982 Belgian-French

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

written and directed by

Chantal Akerman Chantal Anne Akerman (; 6 June 19505 October 2015) was a Belgian film director, screenwriter, artist, and Film studies, film professor at the City College of New York. She is best known for films such as ''Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 108 ...

. To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the

Teddy Award The Teddy Award is an international film award for films with LGBT topics, presented by an independent jury as an official award of the Berlin International Film Festival (the Berlinale). In the most part, the jury consists of organisers of gay a ...

s, the film was selected to be shown at the

66th Berlin International Film Festival The 66th Berlin International Film Festival was held from 11 to 21 February 2016, with American actress Meryl Streep as the President of the Jury. The Honorary Golden Bear for lifetime achievement was presented to German cinematographer Michael ...

in February 2016.

Plot

During a hot summer night in

Brussels, Belgium Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

several people are unable to fall asleep. They go out in the streets and/or visit a bar or a dance club to have some chance encounters that may or not lead to erotic contacts...

Cast

Aurore Clément Aurore Clément (born 12 October 1945) is a French actress who has appeared in French and English language movies and television productions. Early life She was born Marie-Thérèse Aurore Louise Clément in Soissons. Following the death of her ...

Tchéky Karyo Tchéky Karyo (; born 4 October 1953) is a French actor and musician of Turkish origin. Beginning his career as an actor on stage in classical and contemporary works, he began to work as a character actor in films in the 1980s. He has acted in nu ...

* Jan Decorte * Natalia Akerman *

Véronique Silver Véronique Silver (September 2, 1931 – July 24, 2010) was a French actress.

Samy Szlingerbaum Samy Szlingerbaum (1950–1986) was a Belgian screenwriter, actor and film director. Szlingerbaum began his career as a director by co-directing the 1973 film ''Le 15/8'' with Chantal Akerman. Then in 1980 he wrote and directed ''Brussels T ...

Jan Decleir Jan Decleir (born as ''Jan Amanda Gustaaf Decleir'' on 14 February 1946) is a prolific Belgian movie and stage actor born in Niel, Antwerp. Career He had his first big role in Fons Rademakers's ''Mira'' (1971). Since then, he has appeared in ...

Frank Aendenboom Frank Aendenboom (24 October 1941 – 31 March 2018) was a Belgian actor. He appeared in more than sixty films since 1960. Selected filmography References External links * 1941 births 2018 deaths Flemish male film actors Actors ...

Christiane Cohendy Christiane Cohendy is a French film and theatre actress. She appeared in more than thirty films since 1980. Selected filmography Awards * Molière Award The Molière Award recognises achievement in live French theatre and is the national th ...

* Ingrid De Vos

References

External links

* 1982 drama films 1982 films Films directed by Chantal Akerman Belgian drama films French drama films Films set in Brussels 1980s French-language films French-language Belgian films 1980s French films {{Belgium-film-stub