Hanna is searching for a painting dedicated to her by her late grandfather, Pavel, who was a painter. But an 11-year-old boy appears unexpectedly at her grandfather’s studio and claims to know where the painting is.
Angèle, a thirty-something from Ivory Coast, always cope thanks to the gift of gab and audacity. To escape from a bunch of dangerous criminals, she becomes a nanny in the uptown Paris, hired by Hélène, the single mom of eight years old Arthur. Discovering the work conditions of her colleagues, she decides to stand up for their rights, thanks to a young lawyer who will quickly fall for her.
“Stories Keep Me Awake At Night” is the portrait of day-to-day childhood. A village, a family, a little boy who likes to wear dresses, the return of the wolf and everyday life, ordinary, banal. These elements are used to tell of hidden desires.
Born into a family of artists, Vidal Arzoni played his first role in Elsa Amiel's feature film Pearl at the age of 7, alongside Peter Mullan, Julia Föry, Arieh Worthalter and Agata Buzek. He then played the role of Arthur in Julien Rambaldi's social comedy The Nannies (Les Femmes du square), alongside Eye Haïdara, Ahmed Sylla and Léa Drucker. In Gianluca Jodice's historical drama The Flood (Le Déluge), which opened the Locarno Festival 2024, Vidal Arzoni plays Le Dauphin Louis-Charles de France (Louis XVII), the son of Louis XVI (Guillaume Canet) and Marie-Antoinette (Mélanie Laurent). On television, he plays in the MAX HBO serie Le Sens des choses by Keren Ben Rafael and in the Netflix serie Winter Palace by Pierre Monnard. He also appears in the series Helvetica by Romain Graf, which won the Best Foreign French-Language Fiction Award at the 2019 La Rochelle Fiction Festival, and La Vie devant by Klaudia Reynicke and Kristina Wagenbauer. He has also appeared in a number of short and medium-length films, including the lead role in 7 Fois, by Christine Wiederkehr, which won the Best International Short Film Award at the Dublin International Film Festival (DIFF) 2024. Vidal Arzoni received his first acting award at the Rhode Island International Film Festival (USA) in 2021 for his role in the film Stories Keep me Awake at Night (Nuits sans sommeil) by Jérémy van der Haegen. - Né dans une famille d’artistes, Vidal Arzoni incarne son premier rôle dans le long-métrage Pearl d’Elsa Amiel à l’âge de 7 ans en compagnie, notamment, de Peter Mullan, Julia Föry, Arieh Worthalter et Agata Buzek. Il incarne ensuite le rôle d’Arthur dans la comédie sociale Les Femmes du square de Julien Rambaldi en compagnie, notamment, d’Eye Haïdara, Ahmed Sylla et Léa Drucker. Dans Le Déluge, drame historique de Gianluca Jodice et film d’ouverture du Festival de Locarno 2024, Vidal Arzoni incarne Le Dauphin Louis-Charles de France (Louis XVII), fils de Louis XVI (Guillaume Canet) et de Marie-Antoinette (Mélanie Laurent). À la télévision, il joue dans la série Max Le Sens des Choses, de Keren Ben Rafael, ainsi que dans la série Netflix Winter Palace de Pierre Monnard. Il intervient également dans les séries Helvetica de Romain Graf ainsi que La Vie devant de Klaudia Reynicke et Kristina Wagenbauer. Il joue dans de nombreux courts et moyen-métrages, dont le rôle principal dans 7 Fois, de Christine Wiederkehr, qui a remporté le Best International Short Film Award au Dublin International Film Festival (DIFF) en 2024. Vidal Arzoni reçoit un premier prix d'interprétation au Festival International de Rhode Island (USA) en 2021 pour son rôle dans le film Nuits sans sommeil de Jérémy van der Haegen.