The Night of the Visitor

The Night of the Visitor
FrenchLa nuit du visiteur
Directed byLaurent Gagliardi
Written byMichel Langlois
Produced byRené Gueissaz
StarringMacha Grenon
Luce Guilbeault
Maka Kotto
CinematographyÉric Cayla
Edited byWerner Nold
Music byMichel Arcand
Stéphane Hénault
Production
companies
Release date
  • 1990 (1990)
Running time
13 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

The Night of the Visitor (French: La nuit du visiteur) is a Canadian drama short film, directed by Laurent Gagliardi and released in 1990.[1] The film centres on the residents of a small apartment building, depicting their own personal dramas on the night that a young man is knocking at the front door asking to be let in the building.

The film's cast includes Daniel Brière, Monique Chabot, Hugolin Chevrette-Landesque, Macha Grenon, Luce Guilbeault, Maka Kotto, Roger Léger, Claude Prégent and Mirella Tomassini.

The film was a Genie Award nominee for Best Theatrical Short Film at the 12th Genie Awards in 1991.[2]

  1. ^ Gérad Grugeau, "Songe d’une nuit d’hiver: La nuit du visiteur de Laurent Gagliardi"]. 24 images, No, 50-51 (Fall 1990). p. 95.
  2. ^ Christopher Harris, "Black Robe leads race for Genies: Film community notes surprising omissions in list of nominees". The Globe and Mail, October 10, 1991.