Red Nights
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Directed by | Julien Carbon Laurent Courtiaud |
Written by | Julien Carbon Laurent Courtiaud |
Produced by | Alexis Dantec Rita Wu |
Starring | Frédérique Bel Carrie Ng Jack Kao |
Cinematography | Man-Ching Ng |
Edited by | Sébastien Prangère |
Music by | Alex Cortés Willie Cortés |
Production companies | The French Connection Red East Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
Countries | Hong Kong France Belgium |
Languages | French Cantonese |
Red Nights (Les Nuits rouges du Bourreau de Jade) is a 2010 French-Hong Kong giallo slasher film directed by Julien Carbon and Laurent Courtiaud. It is a thriller and a tale of erotic horror. The filmmakers call it a Hong Kong giallo with mystery, (sadistic) murders, fetishism and women.[1] The film played at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival in the Midnight Madness section.[2][3]
Plot
[edit]There is a legend of an executioner who created a poison which brought death through absolute pleasure. This legend repeats nowadays when a French woman flees to Hong Kong after killing her lover and stealing from him an old artifact containing this poison. She meets a mobster from Taiwan and an epicurean and sadistic woman killer, who all want to get the precious poison.
Cast
[edit]- Frédérique Bel as Catherine Trinquier
- Carrie Ng as Carrie Chan
- Carole Brana as Sandrine Lado
- Stefan Wong as Patrick
- Kotone Amamiya as Tulip
- Maria Chen as Flora
- Jack Kao as Mister Ko
References
[edit]- ^ "Red Nights". unifrance.org. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
- ^ Todd Brown (19 August 2010). "TIFF 2010: Extreme Kink In Midnight Madness Selection RED NIGHTS". Screen Anarchy. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
- ^ Sarah Gopaul (19 September 2010). "TIFF '10: Red Nights". Imagery à la carte. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
External links
[edit]- Red Nights at IMDb
- Colin Geddes (2010). "Red Nights [programme note]". Toronto International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 23 August 2010.
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