SUMMERLIGHT AND THEN COMES THE NIGHT

Elfar Adalsteins

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Festivals / Awards

26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2022 (PÖFF) – Best of Fest

Reykjavik International Film Festival 2022 – Closing Night Film

Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2023 – Winner Best Nordic Feature Film

Original title : SUMARLJÓS OG SVO KEMUR NÓTTIN

Based upon Jón Kalman Stefánsson's novel SUMARLJÓS OG SVO KEMUR NÓTTIN

Comedy-drama I 2022 I 112'

Director: Elfar Adalsteins

Countries of production : Iceland - Belgium - Sweden

Cast: SVEINN ÓLAFUR GUNNARSSON - EBBA GUÐNÝ GUÐMUNDSDÓTTIR - ÓLAFUR DARRI ÓLAFSSON - SARA DÖGG ÁSGEIRSDÓTTIR - HEIDA REED - ATLI ÓSKAR FJALARSSON - SVANDÍS DÓRA EINARSDÓTTIR - VÍKINGUR KRISTJÁNSSON

Scope - 5.1 - Color - Icelandic

The little Icelandic village is brimming with stories and if you listen closely it might tell you a few tales. Perhaps the one about the prominent businessman who dreams in Latin and sacrifices a promising career for astronomy and old books. Or perhaps you’ll hear the one about the policeman’s son, a sensitive boy who paints and carves birds and dreams of being an artist. Or maybe the one about the wild, open-air sex with explosive consequences. Or the one about the big rock that can break the finely woven thread running between life and death…