At Night
Beatrice Gibson’s At Night is an interestingly constructed movie that falls short in many aspects. Following six women over the course of a single Parisian night, the film is a collection of vignettes and moments of the women crossing paths only to part ways soon after.
Out of all the scenes present, those that interested me the most featured long conversations that weren’t afraid to leave comments hanging in the air. The topics discussed range from personal anecdotes of the women’s experiences of giving birth and the relationships these women have with femininity and aging. If this was the whole movie, I would have rated it far higher.
Unfortunately, most of the film is dull and glacially paced. How many static long takes do we need of the Parisian metro? If the film was re-edited – and maybe trimmed to a sub-feature runtime – it could be a brilliant movie. As is, however, it leaves much to be desired.
