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

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)

Trailer

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