Four Nights of a Dreamer (1971) on Netflix
Jacques, a painter in Paris, comes upon Marthe on the Pont Neuf, where she is thinking of ending her life, and talks her into walking away. They agree to meet there again.
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Plot summary
Jacques is a painter in Paris who lives and works alone in a small flat. One evening he meets Marthe sitting on the Pont Neuf, weighing whether to end her life, and he persuades her to leave the bridge with him. She explains that the man she loves had promised to join her there and did not come, though he is back in the city. Jacques proposes that she write to ask if the man still cares for her, and when she cannot face him, Jacques and friends pass the letters between them.
Cast
- Giorgio Maulinias Locksmith
- Jacques Renardas A Passerby in the Street (uncredited)
- Jérôme Massartas Jacques' Visitor(uncredited)
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Four Nights of a Dreamer (1971)
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- Claire Denis and the critic Jonathan Rosenbaum appear as extras in the film. Denis's time on the set reportedly led to her first paying job in the film industry, as second assistant director on Dušan Makavejev's Sweet Movie.
- In 2024, Marin Karmitz's mk2 Films released a 4K restoration of Four Nights of a Dreamer under the supervision of Mylene Bresson. It was the last Bresson film to receive a restoration.
- Four Nights of a Dreamer screened in competition at the 21st Berlin International Film Festival, where it received the OCIC Award, given by a Catholic film organization despite the film's seeming lack of religious content, but lost the Golden Bear to The Garden of the Finzi-Continis.
