White Night (2017 film)

White Night is a Canadian anthology film released in 2017. It comprises six stories set during Toronto's Nuit Blanche arts festival. Musical interludes are provided by Stephen Joffe and the indie bands Beams and Birds of Bellwood.

White Night
Film poster
Directed by
  • Sonny Atkins
  • P.H. Bergeron
  • Brian Hamilton
  • Matt Purdy
  • Dan Slater
Produced by
  • Marcus Le
  • Matt Levine
  • Jake Raymond
Written by
  • Matt Purdy
  • Dan Slater
Starring
Music byDillon Baldassero
Cinematography
  • Danny Dunlop
  • Nick Kachibaia
  • Adam Madrzyk
Edited byDan Slater
Production
companies
  • Multiname Productions
  • Torch Head Productions
Release date
  • 2 April 2017 (2017-04-02) (UK)
Running time
86 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Cast
  • Jonathan Keltz as Sully
  • Sara Mitich as Violet
  • Natalie Brown as Stacey
  • Adam Booth as Frank
  • Kimberly Laferriere as Melanie
  • Parveen Kaur as Emily
  • Darrell Faria as Ryley
  • Eric Hicks as Geoff
  • Devan Cohen as Dillon
  • Dennis Long as Thief
  • Tara Yelland as Sophie
  • Tommy Matejka as Allen
  • Wayne Burns as Ryan
  • Stephen Joffe as Stevie
  • Darren Eisnor as Jimmy
  • James Chillingworth as Firing Boss
  • Jason Szwimer as Kyle
  • Christina Notto as October
  • Jake Raymond as Brock
  • Sugith Varughese as Emily's Dad

Reception

Critical reception to White Night was lukewarm.

Now's Norman Wilner compared the film's style to the works of Richard Linklater, but felt that its editing could have been tighter.[1]

Bruce DeMara of the Toronto Star enjoyed White Night's music and cinematography, though thought that it seemed like "an extended promo" for Nuit Blanche, and at times found it "a bit wearing, just like the real event."[2]

Gayle MacDonald of The Globe and Mail gave it ​2 1⁄2 stars out of 4, praising the performance of Darrell Faria, but writing "the film doesn't quite pull off the challenge of fusing the visions of five filmmakers into one cohesive whole."[3]

References
  1. Wilner, Norman (September 27, 2017). "White Night is a fun experiment in multi-character storytelling". Now. Retrieved May 14, 2019.
  2. DeMara, Bruce (September 28, 2017). "Don't Talk to Irene has a winning heroine, White Night wears on, and labour scenes shine in The Midwife". Toronto Star. Retrieved May 14, 2019.
  3. MacDonald, Gayle (September 29, 2017). "Review: White Night is funny, but not entirely cohesive". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved May 14, 2019.
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