On the death of his mother, a filmmaker makes a film to see how much her disappearance has changed his vision of the world. It is an opportunity for him to look back over his relationship with her: a relationship that made him a free individual, as a man and as a filmmaker.
The second night is the final part of a trilogy that began with Letter from a filmmaker to his daughter, which was followed by Dreaming films. The making of this “Cabin Trilogy” is the fruit of fifteen years of work and reflection.
Eric Pauwels was born in Antwerp in 1953. Passionate about cinema and anthropology, he studied for a doctorate at the Sorbonne with Jean Rouch, one of his fundamental influences. His work first focused on dance, through ethnographic documentaries and later through collaborations with dancers. The realization of the "Cabin Trilogy" with Lettre d'un cinéaste à sa fille (2000), Les Films rêvés (2010) and La Deuxième Nuit (2016) leads him to the more intimate form of the filmed diary. He is also a professor at INSAS.
Directed by Eric Pauwels
Writer - Eric Pauwels
Editor - Rudi Maerten
Dop - Rémon Fromont, Eric Pauwels, Henri Pauwels, Olan Bowland, Aurélian Pechmeja, Olivier Dekegel, Nicolas François
Sound - Jeanne Debarsy, Ricardo Castro
Music - Les Taupes qui boivent du lait
Sound design – Yves De Mey
Grading - Reinhart Cosaert
Festival du Réel Paris (FR)
Etats Généraux du Documentaire de Lussas (FR)
Traces de Vie (FR)
Festival aux Ecrans du Réel (FR)
Festival de Cine Lima Independiente (PE)
Rencontres Cinéma de Manosque (FR)
Festival d'automne de Gardanne (FR)
Festival du film de la Rochelle (FR)
Punto de Vista - Best director *** (ES)
DocumentaMadrid (ES)
Filmes dos Homens (PT)
Ismailia Film Festival - Special Mention *** (EG)
Duration: 75'
Co-produced with Stenola (BE), RTBF, UMedia and UFund
Supported by Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF), Cinema and Audiovisual Centre of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation (CCA), Centre de l'Audiovisuel à Bruxelles (CBA)
With the support of the Tax Shelter System of the Belgian Federal Government
Language: French
Subtitles: English, Dutch