{{Infobox film | name = The Night of the Visitor | native_name = {{infobox name module|fr|La nuit du visiteur}} | image = | caption = Film poster | director = Laurent Gagliardi | producer = René Gueissaz | writer = Michel Langlois | starring = Macha Grenon<br>Luce Guilbeault<br>Maka Kotto | music = Michel Arcand<br>Stéphane Hénault | cinematography = Éric Cayla | editing = Werner Nold | studio = ACPAV<br>National Film Board of Canada | distributor = | released = {{Film date|1990}} | runtime = 13 minutes | country = Canada | language = French }}
'''''The Night of the Visitor''''' ({{langx|fr|La nuit du visiteur}}) is a Canadian drama short film, directed by Laurent Gagliardi and released in 1990.<ref>Gérad Grugeau, "Songe d’une nuit d’hiver: La nuit du visiteur de Laurent Gagliardi"]. ''24 images'', No, 50-51 (Fall 1990). p. 95.</ref> The film centres on the residents of a small apartment building, depicting their own personal dramas on the night that a young man is knocking at the front door asking to be let in the building.
The film's cast includes Daniel Brière, Monique Chabot, Hugolin Chevrette-Landesque, Macha Grenon, Luce Guilbeault, Maka Kotto, Roger Léger, Claude Prégent and Mirella Tomassini.
The film was a Genie Award nominee for Best Theatrical Short Film at the 12th Genie Awards in 1991.<ref>Christopher Harris, "Black Robe leads race for Genies: Film community notes surprising omissions in list of nominees". ''The Globe and Mail'', October 10, 1991.</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb title|0269641}}
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