Friday Night

After Opération Carcajou, a short film in which my family and I were the protagonists, I wanted to continue this autofiction approach with Friday Night. As if we were meeting the same characters 15 years later, the film deals with the impact left by the father on his two children. I wanted to address the complex relationship my sister and I have with our identity, Judaism being as much cultural as religious, all bathed in the cold Quebec winter. Many non-practicing people like us claim their Jewish identity, and everyone has their own interpretation of Jewishness. I wanted to put this idea at the heart of a generous film, full of humor and twists and turns, reflecting the vivid, intense emotions typical of Mediterranean Jews.