2020 · drama
Night Shift
Directed by Anne Fontaine1h 38m2020
Three officers are tasked with escorting an illegal immigrant to Charles de Gaulle airport, where he will be forced onto a plane and sent back to his homeland. But when they find out about the truth, they have to make a difficult choice.
Our read: Night Shift (2020) reads as a sombre, measured, grounded drama entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, measured, measured drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- sombre
- measured
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How Night Shift feels to watch.
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