Silent Night

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Camille Griffin directs. Sam Renton behind the camera. Lorne Balfe scores. Martin Walsh cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United Kingdom, United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 1Released 5 years ago.
• 2International production across 2 countries: United Kingdom, United States of America.
• 3Directed by Camille Griffin, shot by Sam Renton. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
• 4Original score by Lorne Balfe. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
• 5Editor Martin Walsh shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
• 6Keira Knightley and Matthew Goode and Roman Griffin Davis carry the top of the cast.
• 7Marketing tagline: "Surviving Christmas just got a little harder.".
• 8IMDB entry: tt11628854 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
• 9Classified under 13 themes, including "suicide", "holiday", "christmas party", "pill".

The technical file

Cinematography

Sam Renton

Original score

Lorne Balfe

Editing

Martin Walsh

Production design

Franckie Diago

Costume design

Stephanie Collie

Makeup / hair

Katie Cresser

VFX supervisor

Jamie Wood

Sound

Paul Carter

Stunt coordinator

Elaine Ford

Runtime

92 min · 1h 32m

Aspect ratio (typical)

1.37:1 (Academy)

Status

Released

Box office

$438,825

Original language

EN

Certification (US)

R

IMDB

Silent Night (2021) ↗

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Trailers & featurettes

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Production companies

Who made it

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  Marv

  GB

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  Maven Screen Media

  US

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  Endeavor Content

  US

• CL

  Cloudy

Key crew

• Production DesignFranckie Diago
• Costume DesignStephanie Collie
• Executive ProducerHélène Théodoly
• EditorMartin Walsh
• Executive ProducerAudra LaBrosse
• EditorPia Di Ciaula
• Executive ProducerCarlos Peres
• CastingDan Hubbard
• Makeup ArtistKatie Cresser
• Dialogue EditorKasper Pedersen
• Standby Art DirectorPaddy Paddison
• Casting AssociateMaia von Hurter
• Foley ArtistMaria Rassokhina
• Second Assistant DirectorGiles Barron
• Still PhotographerRobert Viglasky
• Casting AssociateRory Okey
• Supervising Sound EditorDanny Sheehan
• Drone CinematographerScott McKee
• Associate EditorBen Mills
• Executive ProducerStephen Marks
• Production ManagerDaniel Watkins
• Camera TraineeNicola Braid
• Sound DesignerPaul Carter
• Assistant EditorNele Mertens

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

• suicide
• holiday
• christmas party
• pill
• family dinner
• end of the world
• apocalypse
• death
• christmas horror
• woman director
• holiday season
• christmas
• contemplating suicide

Release history · US

When it landed

• Premiere2021-09-30· Fantastic Fest
• Theatrical (limited)2021-12-03R
• Digital2021-12-03R· AMC+

Also known as

International titles

• Cha Cha DanceGB
• 最後一個平安夜TW
• Última NocheMX
• לילה שקטIL