Film Screening: Nocturnes
Matthieu Bareyre
Nocturnes at the Vincennes Racetrack: a journey into a deserted place where, on some evenings, there are fewer people than screens. Scrutinizing the images, Kader, a horse bettor, accompanied by his girlfriend, experiences the cyclical succession of races with intense passion. Until this addictive routine tips over into the dark side of obsession, into those invisible areas where cameramen, announcers, and journalists work and stage this dehumanized oddity of a spectacle without spectators
Biographie(s)
Writer, director, and editor, Matthieu Bareyre creates documentary works focused on contemporary narratives. Following Nocturnes, which won an award at the Cinéma du Réel festival in 2015, he directed L’Époque, which received the Best First Film Award from the French Film Critics’ Union. In 2022, Le Journal d’une femme nwar premiered on stage before airing on Arte. His latest feature film, 95 Stories, will be screened at film festivals in 2026.
