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One Year, One Night
One Year, One Night
	Spanish theatrical release poster
Spanish	Un año, una noche
Directed by	Isaki Lacuesta
Screenplay by	Fran Araújo; Isa Campo; Isaki Lacuesta;
Based on	Paz, amor y death metal; by Ramón González
Produced by	Ramón Campos; Teresa Fernández-Valdés; Jérôme Vidal; Isaki Lacuesta; Isa Campo;
Starring	Nahuel Pérez Biscayart; Noémie Merlant; Quim Gutiérrez; Alba Guilera; Natalia de Molina; C.Tangana;
Cinematography	Irina Lubtchansky
Edited by	Fernando Franco; Sergi Dies;
Music by	Raül Refree
Production; companies	Mr Fields and Friends; Bambú Producciones; La Termita Films; Noodles Production;
Distributed by	BTeam Pictures (es); StudioCanal (fr);
Release dates	14 February 2022 (Berlinale); 21 October 2022 (Spain); 3 May 2023 (France);
Countries	Spain; France;
Languages	French; Spanish;

One Year, One Night (Spanish: Un año, una noche) is a 2022 Spanish-French drama film directed by Isaki Lacuesta starring Nahuel Pérez Biscayart and Noémie Merlant. Inspired on the book Paz, amor y death metal by Ramón González, it explores trauma in the aftermath of the Bataclan theatre massacre.

It premiered at the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival on 14 February 2022.

Plot

Following Ramón and Céline, survivors of the Bataclan theatre massacre, the plot goes back and forth between the night of the attack at the Bataclan and the trauma experienced in the year thereafter.

Cast

Nahuel Pérez Biscayart as Ramón^[1]
Noémie Merlant as Céline^[1]
Quim Gutiérrez as Carlos^[1]
Alba Guilera as Lucie^[1]
Natalia de Molina as Julia^[1]
C. Tangana as Héctor^[1]
Enric Auquer as Waiter^[1]
Blanca Apilánez [es] as Ramón's mother^[1]
Bruno Todeschini as Céline's father^[1]
Sophie Broustal [fr] as Céline's mother^[1]

Production

Based on the book Paz, amor y death metal by Ramón González,^[2] the screenplay was written by Fran Araújo, Isa Campo and Isaki Lacuesta.^[3]

Ramón Campos, Teresa Fernández-Valdés, Jérôme Vidal, Isaki Lacuesta, and Isa Campo took over production duties.^[4]

The score was composed by Refree.^[2] The film is a Mr Fields and Friends, Bambú Producciones, La Termita Films and Noodles Production production, with the participation of TVE, Movistar+, TVC, and support from ICAA, ICEC [ca] and Eurimages.^[5] Filming began on 8 February 2021 in Barcelona.^[5] Shooting later moved to Paris.^[2]

Release

The film premiered on 14 February 2022, screened at Berlinale Palast as part of the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival's main competition.^[1]^[6] BTeam Pictures distributed the film in Spain,^[5] where it was released on 21 October 2022.^[7]^[8] The French theatrical release was set to 3 May 2023.^[9]

Reception

One Year, One Night received generally positive reviews from film critics. It holds a 77% approval rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes based on 13 reviews, with an average rating of 7.90/10.^[10]

Jonathan Holland of Screendaily considered the film to be "an emotionally compelling psychological drama", bringing some of Lacuesta's hallmarks, including a quasi-documentary style and a deep compassion for the unfortunate.^[11]

Anna Smith of Deadline deemed the film to remain "a powerful, bittersweet meditation on the impact of trauma and the desire not to be defined by it".^[12]

Top ten lists

The film appeared on a number of critics' top ten lists of the best Spanish films of 2022:

2nd — Cadena SER (Jose M. Romero)^[13]
3rd — El Cultural (Carlos Heredero)^[14]
4th — El Periódico de Catalunya (critics)^[15]
5th — El Cultural (Mariona Burrull)^[14]
5th — Cadena SER (Pepa Blanes [es])^[13]
5th — El Mundo (Luis Martínez)^[16]
5th — Vanity Fair (Juan Sanguino & Paloma Rando)^[17]
6th — Cadena SER ('El cine en la SER' critics)^[13]
6th — El Cultural (Manu Yáñez)^[14]
7th — El Español ('Series&más' critics)^[18]
9th — El Cultural (Begoña Donat)^[14]
9th — El Cultural (Javier Yuste)^[14]

Accolades


Year	Award	Category	Nominee(s)	Result	Ref.
2023	15th Gaudí Awards	Best Non-Catalan Language Film		Nominated	^[19]
		Best Director	Isaki Lacuesta	Nominated
		Best Actress	Noémie Merlant	Nominated
		Best Actor	Nahuel Pérez Biscayart	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actor	Enric Auquer	Nominated
		Best Adapted Screenplay	Isa Campo, Isaki Lacuesta, Fran Araujo	Won
		Best Production Supervision	Laia Coll	Nominated
		Best Art Direction	Laia Colet	Nominated
		Best Editing	Sergi Dies, Fernando Franco	Won
		Best Original Score	Raül Refree	Won
		Best Cinematography	Irina Lubtchansky	Nominated
		Best Sound	Amanda Villavieja, Eva Valiño, Alejandro Castillo, Marc Orts	Won
		Best Visual Effects	Laura Pedro	Won
		Best Makeup and Hairstyles	Alma Casal, Virginie Berland, Milou Sanner	Nominated
	10th Feroz Awards	Best Drama Film		Nominated	^[20]
		Best Screenplay	Fran Araújo, Isa Campo, Isaki Lacuesta	Nominated
		Best Actor in a Film	Nahuel Pérez Biscayart	Nominated
		Best Soundtrack	Raül Refree	Nominated
	78th CEC Medals	Best Adapted Screenplay	Isa Campo, Isaki Lacuesta, Fran Araújo	Nominated	^[21]
	37th Goya Awards	Best Adapted Screenplay	Fran Araújo, Isa Campo, Isaki Lacuesta	Won	^[22]^[23]
		Best Editing	Fernando Franco, Sergi Díes	Nominated
		Best Sound	Amanda Villavieja, Eva Valiño, Marc Orts, Alejandro Castillo	Nominated