4801 NIGHTS
Abstinence is refraining from satisfying a craving.
Teetotalism is the total, definitive abstinence from alcohol.
In other words, a life sentence!
4801 nights documents an introspection and a wandering, a fall and a rise, during a trip to
the polar circle.
Legend has it that the polar night can drive those who venture there to sanity or madness.
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LAURENCE MICHELDirector
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LAURENCE MICHELWriter
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ALICE MARSALProducer
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Project Title (Original Language):4801 NUITS
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Project Type:Documentary, Short
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Runtime:37 minutes 57 seconds
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Completion Date:January 1, 2023
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Country of Origin:France
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Country of Filming:France, Norway
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Language:French
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Shooting Format:DIGITAL, SUPER 8, MINI DV
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:Yes
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Student Project:No
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NEW-YORK indie shorts awards - VIRTUAL EVENTNew-York City
United States
June 4, 2023
VIRTUAL EVENT
semi-finalist -
HOLLYWOOD shorts fest - VIRTUAL EVENTLos Angeles
United States
August 15, 2023
VIRTUAL EVENT
Best documentary short -
Les Etats Généraux du film documentaireLUSSAS
France
August 25, 2023
WORLD
Sélection Expériences du regard -
Everybody's perfectGeneva
Switzerland
October 13, 2023
INTERNATIONAL
Sélection Terres et Mères -
Film Family ProjectPorto
Portugal
October 19, 2023
GRAND JURY PRIZE -
Cannes Indie Shorts AwardsCannes
France
November 11, 2023
selection YOU OUGHTA KNOW -
Festival Chéries-Chéris LGBTQI+PARIS
France
November 22, 2023
SPECIAL MENTION -
Festival Après VaranPARIS
France
November 25, 2023
Official selection -
Festival Traces de ViesCLERMONT-FERRAND
France
November 30, 2023
Official selection -
Festival International du Film d'EducationEVREUX
France
December 6, 2023
Official selection -
Festival Psy de LorquinLORQUIN
France
May 14, 2024
Official selection -
Festival du premier film - La Ciotat berceau du cinémaLA CIOTAT
France
June 7, 2024
Youth jury prize and Public prize -
Les Yeux ouverts - association Lundi soirParis
France
June 30, 2024
selection
Laurence MICHEL (1972), has worked, as an editor since 2000, in animation, advertising, documentary, television news.
In 2014, Laurence joined the documentary filmmaking workshop at Ateliers Varan and directed “Ronde-bosse“ (sculpture in the round), a film questioning the relationship between femininity and hair. This film, shot in "cinema-direct" is punctuated by a few sequences in which she manipulated objects, bits of paper, images.
Six years ago to find a way to tell her alcohol addiction with objects, humor, and hope.
With "4801 nights", Laurence Michel testifies to the frequent and yet taboo experience of alcoholism. It reveals to us that alcoholism and abstinence are two states of the same disease, totally intertwined, like two sides of the same coin.
Despite the seriousness of the subject, the project is funny, quirky and full of humor. The plastic form of the film has a lot to do with it. The staging of memorabilia constitutes a precisely defined production framework, which brings true freedom of expression.
Alice MARSAL - producer