A film by Virgile Ratelle
Summer Nights
Documentary · 2022 · 12 min
Synopsis
As the night falls on the suburbs of Montréal, the screeching sound of scooters pierce the silence. Hélly and Natthan roams through the streets looking for the best skate spots, dreaming of the best tricks.
Technical details
- Category
- Documentary
- Year
- 2022
- Running time
- 12 min
- Aspect ratio
- 4:3
- Picture
- Colour
- Sound
- Stéréo
Cast
Helly Millette Nathan Lamoureux Léo Hamel
Crew
- Direction
- Virgile Ratelle
- Screenplay
- Virgile Ratelle
- Production
- Virgile Ratelle
- Direction of photography
- Virgile Ratelle
- Sound
- Jean-François Vaudrin
- Editing
- Jordan Choinière
- Sound design
- Christophe Voyer
- Sound mix
- Christophe Voyer /
Stills
Festivals and awards
- 2022
- Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal · MontréalPremière mondiale
Filmmaker
Virgile Ratelle
Growing up on Montreal’s South Shore, somewhere between a skateboard and a summer heatwave, Virgile captured his first images by filming his friends as they rode. What began as a simple passion quickly evolved into a filmmaking career, one that shines a light on the quiet honesty hidden in the everyday gloom. Through the Summer trilogy, he offers a visceral portrait of the transition from adolescence to adulthood — three vignettes shaped by an approach that is authentic, formal, simple, and direct.
Filmography
- 2025Dog Days of Summer
- 2024Summer Love
- 2022Summer Nights
- 2021Lost Dans l'Paradise
