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Alexandra Simpson Explores Small-Town Tension in ‘No Sleep Till’: ‘There’s Such a Power in Their Own Isolation’
Alexandra Simpson explores small-town tension in ‘No Sleep Till’: ‘There’s such a power in their own isolation’.
Alexandra Simpson makes her feature directing and writing debut with Venice Critics Week entry “No Sleep Till,” a dreamy, visually striking look at locals in a small Florida beach town under the threat of a hurricane. Shot by Sylvain Froidevaux, the humidity drips off the screen as teenagers party and skateboard, and a girl mans the register at a souvenir shop that barely attract any customers. Simpson herself was born in Paris and grew up there but spent summers in the Atlantic coastal town of Neptune Beach, Fla., where the bulk of the film was shot, capturing a portrait of life that is slowly disappearing in the state.
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