{"id":11526,"date":"2022-08-12T16:29:40","date_gmt":"2022-08-12T16:29:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/?page_id=11526"},"modified":"2022-09-26T18:45:07","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T18:45:07","slug":"mom-dont-let-me-fall-asleep","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/mom-dont-let-me-fall-asleep\/","title":{"rendered":"MOM, DON&#8217;T LET ME FALL ASLEEP (MAMAN NE ME LAISSE PAS M&#8217;ENDORMIR)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1660755973087{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;]\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">MOM, DON&#8217;T LET ME FALL ASLEEP<br \/>\n(MAMAN NE ME LAISSE PAS M&#8217;ENDORMIR)<\/h1>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider size=&#8221;20&#8243;][vc_separator color=&#8221;custom&#8221; accent_color=&#8221;#ea1300&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1663437626394{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;]\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>MELVILLE THEATRE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>FICTION \/ DRAMA<br \/>\nTV MOVIE<\/strong><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/free-sn-rsvp-1.jpg&#8221; 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Picture <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>Original Broadcast<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">France 2, January 2023<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-align: justify;\">Adapted from Juliette Boudre&#8217;s memoir of the same name, <\/span><b style=\"text-align: justify;\"><i>Mom, Don&#8217;t Let Me Fall Asleep<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> recounts Juliette&#8217;s harrowing true story of a mother who unexpectedly discovers that her 17-year-old son is hooked on some of the very prescription drugs that fill their own medicine cabinet \u2014 anti-anxiety meds, tranquilizers, opioids \u2014 and the lethal recreational cocktails teenagers often make of them.\u00a0 Horrified by this news, Juliette and her family launch into a desperate attempt to save her son from those ultra-powerful addictions, which are all too commonplace today&#8230; only to confront a plethora of societal, behavioral and medical challenges that lie ahead.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Actor-turned-director <\/span><b>Sylvie Testud<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a highly prolific, much-lauded actor in France, with well over one hundred screen credits to her name.\u00a0 She has been honored with two C\u00e9sar Awards \u2014 as Most Promising Actress for Jean-Pierre Denis&#8217; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Murderous Maids<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2000), and as Best Actress for Alain Corneau&#8217;s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fear and Trembling<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2003).\u00a0 She also garnered a Globe de Cristal Award as Best Actress for Diane Kurys&#8217;s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sagan<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2008), and a European Film Award as Best Actress for Jessica Hausner&#8217;s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lourdes<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2009).\u00a0 Other notable credits include Chantal Akerman&#8217;s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Captive<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2000), Olivier Dahan&#8217;s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La Vie en Rose<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (COLCOA 2007), and Stanley Tucci&#8217;s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Final Portrait<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (2017).\u00a0 Testud has published five autobiographical novels, of which <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gamines<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was adapted to the screen by <\/span><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][mk_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/mom-dont-let-me-fall-asleep_poster-film-and-picture.png&#8221; 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