Vendredi Soir DVD

Product Description

Claire Denis' FRIDAY NIGHT a fantasy that follows a woman into a one-night stand is an adaptation of the popular novel by Emmanuelle Bernheim who also cowrote the story with Denis Dreamy & confused the film begins as Laure (Valerie Lemercier) is packing up her Paris apartment & preparing to move The chaos of this situation leads directly into the next as Laure gets in her car & begins to drive across town to a dinner party only to become stuck in a massive traffic jam As radio reports continue to stress the drastic & unbreakable gridlock that has Paris literally locked in the streets a rainstorm blurs Laure's vision Suddenly a stranger (Vincent Lindon) approaches on foot & she offers him a ride But they're not going anywhere just smoking & sitting idle Eventually Laure calls her friends & cancels on the dinner party leaving her Friday night wide open to follow whatever path it may take A master at building tension & suspense Denis creates so much chemistry between Laure & her fantasy man that viewers may await a turn to violence or something shockingly unexpected However that nervous & mysterious feeling just builds as the ambiguous story of FRIDAY NIGHT continues & a seemingly banal situation--a traffic jam on a rainy Friday--becomes a magical adventure