Night
People
***
Night People, the debut feature by Adrian Meade, follows people’s
separate stories over the course of a Hallowe’en night in an engaging
film set amid the beautiful, eery city of Edinburgh.
Each of the characters’ tales lead them into a pivotal point in
their lives; an immigrant priest confronted by the harsh reality of
life, out with the confines of his religion; a single mother forced
to ferry drug dealers around in a taxi at night, unable to find a day
job or a babysitter to care for her daughter; a mistreated teenager,
off to find a better life in London; a single father, struggling to
come to terms with the responsibility of raising children without their
mother.
The film is full of dialogue; conversations and exchanges, written like
a series of concurrent plays. Edinburgh is used cleverly; the shared
stage, blending beautiful shots of the city at night into the stories,
the city itself an additional, overseeing character.
Night People is an impressive and original debut, refreshingly optimistic
and gentle as it tackles the problems faced by the city folk facing
up to the dawn of a new day.
by Chris
Cooper
Chris
Cooper talks to director Adrian Mead about Night People
