Night Song

Well-performed film that, despite its focus on sacred music, has a surprisingly earthy flair

Hollywood Reporter

Archive - Festival 32
Director: Raphaël Nadjari
France, Canada 2016
119 minutes
French
Subtitles in Hebrew, English

40-year-old Hannah, a soprano singer, her husband Daniel, a pianist and their son, a violinist, live in Montreal. Hannah and Daniel lead a chorus who perform Jewish liturgical chants for a small but devoted audience. Hannah’s hidden quest to bring a lost piece of Jewish music back to life pulls her in a direction that puts the chorus into jeopardy.
Filmography: A Strange Course of Events (2013), A History of Israeli Cinema (2009), Tehilim (2007), Avanim (2004), Apartment #5C (2002), I Am Josh Polonski's Brother (2001), The Shade (1999).

Director Raphaël Nadjari
Production Alexis Dantec, Fred Bellaiche, Anne-Marie Gelinas, Benoit Beaulieu, Julie Paratian
Script Raphael Nadjari, Vincent Poymiro
Cinematography Benoit Beaulieu
Editing Elric Robichon
Music Jerome Lemonier
Actors Geraldine Pailhas, Luc Picard, Felicia Shulman, Eleonore Lagace, Samuel Badaszcs
Source MK2, Paris