C’est beau une ville la nuit (2006)

C’est beau une ville la nuit is a French film comedy-drama first released in 2006, directed by Richard Bohringer.  The film is based on a novel by Richard Bohringer and stars Richard Bohringer, Romane Bohringer, Robinson Stévenin, François Négret and Luc Thuillier.  It has also been released under the title: A City Is Beautiful at Night.  Our overall rating for this film is: very poor.


With the support of his friends, sixty-something Richard finally gets to live his dream – to travel aimlessly across France, Canada and Africa, in the company of those nearest to him.  In this present, Richard sees echoes of his own past and begins to realise who he is...

A film that has "vanity project" written over it in bright green fluorescent paint, C’est beau une ville la nuit has little to commend it unless you happen to be obsessed with Richard Bohringer or have strong sadomasochistic tendencies.  Based on Bohringer’s 1988 book, which defies categorisation, being neither novel or autobiography, the film is just as nebulous, intangible and pretentious.  Road movie is perhaps too grand a title for something that is as vague and vacuous as this.  Despite Bohringer’s immense skill as an actor, which is complemented here by that of his daughter Romaine, this film is just too painful to watch.

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