Light up the Void  

Moonlight is a experimental short film by Gaspar Noé , made in 1986 , while he was still a student. Lasting approximately eighteen minutes , the film, shot in black and white , remains a confidential and rarely broadcast work.



The film features a young vampire woman forced to avoid sunlight, which she replaces with a Ultraviolet lamp . The narrative is almost non-existent and serves primarily as a support for a visual and sensory exploration.

We already find there the central themes Noé's cinema: fascination with the body, sexuality, transgression, a violent relationship with light, and an attraction to marginal figures. Vampirism functions there as a a metaphor for desire and dependence , rather than a classic narrative element.

By its With its minimalist and provocative aesthetic , Tintarella di Luna foreshadows the filmmaker's radical choices, well before his feature films. More than a fully realized film, it is a A manifesto film , invaluable for understanding the genesis of Gaspar Noé's work.

Technical specifications

Original title: Tintarella di Luna

Year of production: 1985

Duration: ~17–18 minutes

Format : 35 mm (film)

Color: Black & white with small color sequences

Country: France

Language: French

Genre: Short film / Drama / experimental

Artistic and technical team

Directed by: Gaspar Noé

Stage: Gaspar Noé

Editing: Gaspar Noé

Director of Photography: Renaud Cayla

Son : Samuel Cohen

Production: Les Productions Nocturnes

 Distribution

Cécile Ricard: Charlotte

Antoine Mosin: Mario

Pierre Bonnafet: Beto (friend of Mario)

André Dupon: Pepino

JJ Scheffer: The Thief

Luis Felipe Noé: The Killer

Rafael Gumucio: L'enfant

Olivier Achard: The mountaineer

Carlos Kusnir: The machinist