Summerlight… and Then Comes the Night (2022)
- Original title
- Sumarljós og svo kemur nóttin
- Directed by
- Elfar Adalsteins
- Genre
- drama
- Country
- Iceland
- Runtime
- 1h 51m
- Rated
- 12+
- Rating
- 6.5 of 10 from 2 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
In a tiny Icelandic village, the ordinary and extraordinary lives of its quirky residents intertwine in everyday moments that swing between laughter and sadness. The film follows a cast of locals as they navigate love, loneliness, and community over the course of a year.
slow-burntragicomicwrymelancholicvisually starkquietobservationalbittersweet
What happens
Summerlight… and Then Comes the Night (Icelandic: Sumarljós og svo kemur nóttin) is a 2022 Icelandic tragicomedy directed by Elfar Aðalsteins, who also wrote the screenplay. In the film, set in a tiny Icelandic village, Elfar directed an all-Icelandic ensemble cast including Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Heida Reed and Sara Dögg Ásgeirsdóttir, from his own screenplay adaptation of Jón Kalman Stefánsson’s celebrated novel of the same name from 2005, which received the Icelandic Literary Awards in 2006. The film premiered in the Best of Festival selection at Tallinn Black Nights IFF in 2022, was awarded Best Nordic Film Award at the Santa Barbara IFF and nominated for five Icelandic Film and Television Awards, including Best Picture. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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