Endless Night
– Greenland, 1908. Josephine, self-confident and bold wife of famous Arctic explorer Robert Peary, emb..
Greenland, 1908. Josephine, self-confident and bold wife of famous Arctic explorer Robert Peary, embarks on a dangerous journey in pursuit of her husband who is seeking a route to the North Pole. But Josephine is also naïve and ignores warnings from experienced polar travellers about the onset of winter. At great sacrifice the expedition reaches Peary's base camp. Josephine refuses to go home and wants to spend winter in the hut. Only the young Inuit woman Allaka, who lives in an igloo and knows about the cold, stays with her. As the long nights draw nearer, Josephine realises she has more in common with this woman from a different world than she thought.
27 Nov 2015
English, Inuktitut
Isabel Coixet
Miguel Barros (screenplay)
Juliette Binoche, Rinko Kikuchi, Gabriel Byrne, Orto Ignatiussen
Josephine (Binoche) travels to the hostile icy landscape of the remote North in search of her explorer husband. As winter descends and determined not to turn back she finds companionship with an Inuit woman (Kikuchi). With the elements against them and their survival reliant on each other it becomes clear they are waiting for a man they both love.
6 wins & 13 nominations.