There Will Be No More Night
_There Will Be No More Night_ relies on footage captured by thermal cameras used by the American and French armies in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria. By diverting these images from the propaganda narratives in which they are typically embedded, the film examines the dangers of an unchecked desire to see, prompting a reflection on the new paradigms of modern warfare.
| Director | Éléonore Weber |
| Actor | Charlotte Lehoux |
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In There Will Be No More Night, everything revolves around the act of looking—an insatiable gaze, a murderous gaze, a punitive gaze that remains forever unpunished. The director constructs a chillingly simple device: we see only through the cameras mounted on drones, helicopters, and satellites deployed by the American and French armies during military operations in Iraq, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. Through these cameras that scan in order to kill, it becomes evident that what records is also what takes life. By confronting us with this all-seeing eye—an eye that surveils and assassinates without hesitation—There Will Be No More Night also forces us to reckon with the power of the image and its limitless potential for violence. Human lives are reduced to thermal signatures, faintly human-shaped. The camera is no longer just an observer; it has become a weapon of war.
Charlotte Lehoux
Programmer
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Français
1h16
Language: Français
Subtitles: Français -
English
1h16
Language: English
- Année 2020
- Pays France
- Durée 76
- Producteur Perspective Films
- Langue English, French
- Sous-titres French, English
- Résumé court The film repurposes thermal camera footage from American and French military operations to expose the dangers of an unchecked desire to see and question the new paradigms of modern warfare.
- Mention festival Prix des Jeunes and Special Mention of the Prix de l'Institut Français · Cinéma du réel 2020
In There Will Be No More Night, everything revolves around the act of looking—an insatiable gaze, a murderous gaze, a punitive gaze that remains forever unpunished. The director constructs a chillingly simple device: we see only through the cameras mounted on drones, helicopters, and satellites deployed by the American and French armies during military operations in Iraq, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. Through these cameras that scan in order to kill, it becomes evident that what records is also what takes life. By confronting us with this all-seeing eye—an eye that surveils and assassinates without hesitation—There Will Be No More Night also forces us to reckon with the power of the image and its limitless potential for violence. Human lives are reduced to thermal signatures, faintly human-shaped. The camera is no longer just an observer; it has become a weapon of war.
Charlotte Lehoux
Programmer
-
Français
Duration: 1h16Language: Français
Subtitles: Français1h16 -
English
Duration: 1h16Language: English1h16
- Année 2020
- Pays France
- Durée 76
- Producteur Perspective Films
- Langue English, French
- Sous-titres French, English
- Résumé court The film repurposes thermal camera footage from American and French military operations to expose the dangers of an unchecked desire to see and question the new paradigms of modern warfare.
- Mention festival Prix des Jeunes and Special Mention of the Prix de l'Institut Français · Cinéma du réel 2020
