| You're Sleeping Nicole | |
| Native Name: | |
| Director: | Stéphane Lafleur |
| Producer: | Luc Déry Kim McCraw |
| Starring: | Julianne Côté Marc-André Grondin |
| Music: | Rémy Nadeau-Aubin |
| Cinematography: | Sara Mishara |
| Editing: | Sophie Leblond |
| Studio: | Fullum Films Studios microscope |
| Distributor: | Christal Films |
| Runtime: | 93 minutes |
| Country: | Canada |
| Language: | French |
You're Sleeping Nicole (French: Tu dors Nicole) is a 2014 Canadian drama film directed by Stéphane Lafleur. It was selected to be screened as part of the Directors' Fortnight section of the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.[1] The film had a limited release (in Montreal) on 22 August 2014, followed by a general Quebec theatrical release on 29 August 2014.[2] It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.[3]
The film stars Julianne Côté as Nicole, a young woman who is becoming increasingly disillusioned with her quiet small-town life over the course of a summer.
The film was included in the list of Canada's Top Ten feature films of 2014, selected by a panel of filmmakers and industry professionals organized by TIFF.[4]
It has a Metacritic score of 79%.[5]
Released in the United States under the title Tu Dors Nicole,[6] the film garnered positive reviews in The New York Times[7] and other publications, for an average rating of 7.8/10 at Rotten Tomatoes.[8]
When film critic Barry Hertz created a list of the 23 best Canadian films ever made for The Globe and Mail in 2023, although You're Sleeping Nicole was not one of his own selections it was singled out in a sidebar as a favourite of filmmaker Chandler Levack.[9]
The film garnered six Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 3rd Canadian Screen Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director (Lafleur), Best Actress (Côté), Best Supporting Actor (Marc-André Grondin), Best Supporting Actress (Catherine St-Laurent) and Best Original Screenplay (Lafleur).[10]
Tu Dors Nicole had nine Jutra Award nominations (the second-most of any film for 2014),[11] winning for Best Sound (Sylvain Bellemare, Pierre Bertrand, and Bernard Gariépy Strobl) and Best Original Music (Rémi Nadeau-Aubin and).[12]
The Vancouver Film Critics Circle named Tu Dors Nicole Best Canadian Film of 2014, and also honoured it for Best Actress in a Canadian Film (Côté) and Best Supporting Actor in a Canadian Film (Grondin).[13]
The film was the winner of the Prix collégial du cinéma québécois in 2015.[14]
Kino Lorber has announced a Blu-ray and DVD of Tu Dors Nicole, to be released on 27 October 2015.[15]