The Sunlit Night (2019) (original) (raw)
The Sunlit Night follows an aspiring painter (Slate) from New York City to the farthest reaches of Arctic Norway for an assignment she hopes will invigorate her work and expand her horizons. In a remote village, among the locals, she meets a fellow New Yorker (Sharp), who has come in search of a proper Viking funeral only to find that the Chief (Galifianakis) is but a re-enactor from Cincinnati. The eclectic crew ranges from "home" to "lost," within the extreme and dazzling landscape of the Far North. Under a sun that never quite sets, and the high standards of an unforgiving mentor, Frances ...(more)
The Sunlit Night follows an aspiring painter (Slate) from New York City to the farthest reaches of Arctic Norway for an assignment she hopes will invigorate her work and expand her horizons. In a remote village, among the locals, she meets a fellow New Yorker (Sharp), who has come in search of a proper Viking funeral only to find that the Chief (Galifianakis) is but a re-enactor from Cincinnati. The eclectic crew ranges from "home" to "lost," within the extreme and dazzling landscape of the Far North. Under a sun that never quite sets, and the high standards of an unforgiving mentor, Frances must navigate between ambition, desire, obligation, and risk in order to find a way forward. (less)
Director: David Wnendt
Writers: David Wnendt, Rebecca Dinerstein
Starring: Jenny Slate, Jessica Hecht, Alex Sharp, Fridtjov S�heim, Gillian Anderson, Zach Galifianakis
Producer: Gabrielle Nadig
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Review by Brian Orndorf, July 15, 2020
5 / 10
My experience with director David Wnendt dates back to 2013�s �Wetlands,� where he attempted to merge emotional pain with cinematic textures, trying for shock value to help pull attention toward an otherwise underwhelming film. There was an Adolf Hitler fantasy idea in 2015 (�Look Who�s Back�), and now Wnendt returns to more intimate dealings with �The Sunlit Night.� While hardly the rowdy endeavor �Wetlands� was, Wnendt�s latest shares similar ideas and interests, this time blending in misery involving the world of art, striving to follow one woman�s exposure to growth in a remote corner of t ...read more...
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