The Lion Sleeps Tonight

When his current film shoot is postponed indefinitely, an aging actor secretly moves into an abandoned house where the love of his life once lived. A group of young friends, all aspiring filmmakers, stumble upon the same house and decide it's the perfect location for their next homemade horror film. Sooner or later, Jean the actor and the kids will meet in person. Director Nobuhiro Suwa and cinematographer Tom Harari created "one of the sunniest ghost movies ever" (jbspins.com), which "offers a piercing beauty, especially with its colors: The reds, blues and yellows of the interiors are like Matisse paintings come to life." (filmcomment.com)

Keywords

  • Arthouse
  • French Exclusive Fiction
  • Sooner Exclusives
  • Aging
  • Childhood
  • film about film
  • friendship

Actors

  • Jean-Pierre Léaud
  • Pauline Étienne
  • Maud Wyler
  • Arthur Harari
  • Isabelle Weingarten

Director

  • Nobuhiro Suwa

Drama


1h 43min


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France
Japan
2018
In an abandoned house, an aging actor and a group of aspiring filmmakers meet.

In an abandoned house, an aging actor and a group of aspiring filmmakers meet.


When his current film shoot is postponed indefinitely, an aging actor secretly moves into an abandoned house where the love of his life once lived.


A group of young friends, all aspiring filmmakers, stumble upon the same house and decide it's the perfect location for their next homemade horror film. Sooner or later, Jean the actor and the kids will meet in person.


Director Nobuhiro Suwa and cinematographer Tom Harari created "one of the sunniest ghost movies ever" (jbspins.com), which "offers a piercing beauty, especially with its colors: The reds, blues and yellows of the interiors are like Matisse paintings come to life." (filmcomment.com)

Cast & Crew