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Autumn Lights (2016)

Autumn Lights poster
Directed by
Angad Aulakh
Genre
independent film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 38m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.2 of 10 from 29 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A foreigner in Iceland finds his moral beliefs tested by the people he meets. The story looks at how virtue and relationships shift in an unfamiliar place.

meditativeslow-burncontemplativeintrospectivelonelyatmosphericquietmelancholic

What happens

Autumn Lights is an American–Icelandic international drama film written and directed by Angad Aulakh. The film stars Guy Kent, Marta Gastini, and Sveinn Ólafur Gunnarsson. Set in Iceland, the film is a meditative story of morality, virtue, and relationships as seen through the eyes of a foreigner in a strange land. The film was honored as a Peter Travers New York Film Critics Series (NYFCS) pick before it opened in limited theatrical release in North America on October 21, 2016, from Freestyle Releasing and Freestyle Digital Media. The film opened in theaters in Northern Europe on November 4, 2016, and was nominated for Best Picture at the Riviera International Film Festival. The film is produced by Angad Aulakh and Guy Kent, alongside Ashley M. Kent, Davíd Óskar Ólafsson and Árni Filippusson. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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