November 05, 2011 08:00PM EDT

Tribeca Film Pickup: Sleepless Night

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Tribeca Film is at it again: this time, we’ve picked up Sleepless Night, a pulse-pounding French thriller that will enthrall US audiences in 2012.



Tribeca Film is on a roll! We’ve just announced another pickup for US distribution: the French thriller  Sleepless Night, directed by Frédéric Jardin, had its world premiere at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival. Since that time, it’s picked up some excellent reviews:

“One of the best and tightest written action thrillers I’ve seen in the past few years … like Die Hard meets 24 by way of Taken, but never falling into many of the genre clichés set-up by those films.”
—/Film (Rating: 8 out of 10)

“The appeal of Sleepless Night [is] its constant ability to surprise with frantic physicality that defies any possible expectations.”
—IndieWIRE (Grade: A)



Tribeca Film, supported by Founding Partner American Express, will release the film in 2012, both on nationwide VOD and theatrically. Warner Bros. also recently announced plans for an English-language remake. Jardin is delighted that his film will be accessible to US audiences: “I am thrilled and honored to work with Tribeca for the North American release of Sleepless Night. It’s a superb opportunity for my film.”

Description adapted from the press release:

Sleepless Night tells the story of Vincent, a respected and dedicated police officer, or so it seems. After stealing a massive bag of cocaine from drug dealers that work for a powerful mob boss/nightclub owner, Vincent quickly finds himself trapped in a situation that no parent would envy: his son has been kidnapped, with the promise of being executed if Vincent doesn’t immediately deliver the bag back to its rightful owner. As Vincent heads to the nightclub in the outskirts of Paris to trade the drugs for his son, he soon gets caught in an intense, claustrophobic cat-and-mouse game that quickly spirals into madness as the tables are constantly turned multiple times throughout the evening. The night to come might not only be the longest but also the last one of his life... and his young son’s as well.



Sounds pretty gripping, right? Tribeca’s Chief Creative Officer Geoff Gilmore agrees: “Sleepless Night is a thriller that is executed with such style and panache that it transcends the limits of the genre. The pace is exhilarating and the action is nonstop in this ingeniously plotted and thoroughly entertaining adventure.” He added, “We’re delighted to be collaborating with the filmmakers to bring this film to wider audiences.”

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