Quartile rating: 7.5/10 · 1 rating
Sasha is a young vampire with a serious problem: she's too sensitive to kill. When her exasperated parents cut off her blood supply, Sasha's life is in jeopardy. Luckily, she meets Paul, a lonely teenager with suicidal tendencies who is willing to give his life to save hers. But their friendly agreement soon becomes a nocturnal quest to fulfill Paul's last wishes before day breaks.
A charming and distinctly Québécois dark comedy that earns its novelty through a genuinely fresh high-concept premise — pairing a compassionate, kill-averse vampire with a suicidal teen — and executing it with an unusually tender, melancholic tone rarely seen in vampire fiction. The film's voice is singular: macabre yet warm, funny yet earnest about loneliness and the will to live. Plot is competent but slight, more of a mood piece than a tightly constructed narrative, and the episodic nocturnal-quest structure can feel meandering. Acting is solid, with the two leads sharing natural chemistry, though neither performance is exceptional. Cinematography has an appealing nocturnal palette with some stylish touches but stays mostly functional. The ending is satisfying emotionally if not particularly surprising, landing on a note of quiet hopefulness that suits the film's gentle spirit.