Director: Delphine Gleize.
This film tell us the story about friendship, love and passion with a homoerotic touch - the latter according to me (Gunnar) but according to Aurore it's just a father-and-son-relation, between a grown up man and a boy, both closely tied to each other for specific reasons.
A surgeon and dermatologist (David/Vincent Lindon), passionated about his work, tries to cure a young boy (Romain/Quentin Challal), afflicted by a genetical problem making him seriously sensible towards the UV-radiation ("un enfant de la lune"), forcing him to wear special protective clothes.
When David has to leave the clinic because he is offered a better job, he is forced to tell Romain this but this is hard, almost impossible for him to do as they have such a tight relationship.
A female doctor (Carlotta/Emmanuelle Devos) takes over the duties of David but as the latter finds it hard to leave, he tries to degrade her by telling her that she is not competent enough etc.
On the same time, Davids relationship with his, extremely patient, wife, is deteriorating because of his passion for his work - and for Romain.
Romain reacts in a very obstinate way and this leads to consequences. On the same time David can't let go of him, leading him - as indicated above - to conflicts with his female colleague, his wife and the mother of Romain.
Good acting and an interesting scenario, but the director focuses to much on the man and the boy and forgets the characters of Emmanuelle Devos and Caroline Proust (Davids wife Louise), making them very 'colorless' in the context and not least in relation to David/Vincent Lindon.
We saw it at Cinéma Lux, La Châtre.
A surgeon and dermatologist (David/Vincent Lindon), passionated about his work, tries to cure a young boy (Romain/Quentin Challal), afflicted by a genetical problem making him seriously sensible towards the UV-radiation ("un enfant de la lune"), forcing him to wear special protective clothes.
When David has to leave the clinic because he is offered a better job, he is forced to tell Romain this but this is hard, almost impossible for him to do as they have such a tight relationship.A female doctor (Carlotta/Emmanuelle Devos) takes over the duties of David but as the latter finds it hard to leave, he tries to degrade her by telling her that she is not competent enough etc.
On the same time, Davids relationship with his, extremely patient, wife, is deteriorating because of his passion for his work - and for Romain.
Romain reacts in a very obstinate way and this leads to consequences. On the same time David can't let go of him, leading him - as indicated above - to conflicts with his female colleague, his wife and the mother of Romain.Good acting and an interesting scenario, but the director focuses to much on the man and the boy and forgets the characters of Emmanuelle Devos and Caroline Proust (Davids wife Louise), making them very 'colorless' in the context and not least in relation to David/Vincent Lindon.
We saw it at Cinéma Lux, La Châtre.
(Poster copied from: http://www.anglesdevue.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/LaPermissiondeminuit.jpg)
(Photo Vincent Lindon and copied from: Quentin Challal http://media.paperblog.fr/i/423/4232259/permission-minuit-delphine-gleize-L-L09BKA.jpeg)
(Photo Emmanuelle Devos copied from: http://www.surlarouteducinema.com/media/01/00/3790755179.jpg)
(Photo Emmanuelle Devos copied from: http://www.surlarouteducinema.com/media/01/00/3790755179.jpg)
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