Belleville. A working-class parisian neighbourhood. For 2 years, Nadia has been living alone with her son, Samy, 15 years old.
She teaches french to chinese prostitutes in an association. Committed to her work, she gets close to one of her students, Mei, who is saving money to make his son travel to France. But one night, Mei is arrested by the police and risks expulsion.
Nadia will do whatever it takes to protect her, even if her son Samy gets farther.

starring
Evelyne El Garby Klaï, Lucie Teng Duvert, Yilin Yang, Adam Amara, Rong-Ying Yang

a short film by Latifa SAÏD (France / Algeria)

France, 2021, short fiction, 21 mins

Original Title (French): TOUTES LES NUITS
International Title: BEHING CLOSED DOORS
Type : Short, Fiction
Genre: Drama
Duration 21 minutes 48 seconds
Release: 2021
Production country: France
Shooting Country: France
Languages: French / Mandarin with French Subs
Themes: Social issues, Immigration, Solidarity, Prostitution, Friendship

CAST
Évelyne El Garby Klaï (Nadia)
Lucie Teng Duvert (Mei)
Adam Amara (Samy)
Yilin Yang (Hui)
Rong-Ying Yang (Ling)
Cui Zun Mei (Yan)
Chun-Ting Lin (Shu)
Laurent Maurel (Vincent)
Zunmei Cui
Franck Micque
Mariama Sambou
Damien Carlet
Noël Dos Santos Fonseca
Junko Murakami
Hsiao-Ying Lin

Producer:
Olivier Chantriaux

DIRECTOR
Latifa Saïd

SCREENWRITER
Latifa Saïd

SOUN
Harald Ballié

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Benjamin Chartier

EDITOR
Pauline Casalis

ORIGINAL MUSIC
Adrien Dennefeld

PRODUCTION DESIGN
Béatrice Ferrand

COSTUMES
Camille Duflos/

FIRST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Alexandra Kan

PRODUCTION MANAGER
Isabelle Harnist

SOUND EDITOR
Luc Meilland

MIXING
Xavier Thieulin

COLOR GRADING
Alexandre Lelaure

PRODUCTION
Filmo 2 (Marseille)
Tabo Tabo Films (Paris)

SALES
Manifest (France)
www.manifest.pictures/film/toutes-les-nuits/

DISTRIBUTION
Manifest (Paris)

LINKS
http://filmo2.com/film-detail/toutes-les-nuits/
www.manifest.pictures/film/toutes-les-nuits/


FESTIVALS & AWARDS
* Selection /// International Festival of Francophone Film in Acadie - FICFA 2021 (Canada, 2021)
* Selection /// Curtacinema (Brazil, 2021)
* Selection /// Sofia Menar Film Festival - Sofia Middle East & North African Region Film Festival (Sofia, Bulgaria, 14-30 Jan 2022)
14 January 2022 Festival end: 30 January 2022
* Selection /// Luxor African Film Festival - LAFF 2022 (Luxor, Egypt, 2022)