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The Sunlit Night is a 2019 romantic comedy-drama film directed by David Wnendt, from a screenplay by Rebecca Dinerstein Knight, based on her 2015 novel of the same name.
Jul 17, 2020 · The Sunlit Night: Directed by David Wnendt. With Jenny Slate, Alex Sharp, Fridtjov Såheim, Gillian Anderson. An aspiring painter meets eccentric locals and a fellow New Yorker while working on a barn in Norway.
- (2.6K)
- Drama, Romance
- David Wnendt
- 2020-07-17
Jul 17, 2020 · The opening moments of David Wnendt’s “The Sunlit Night” are excruciating to sit through, as its heroine Frances (Jenny Slate) watches her latest abstract painting being eviscerated by three pompous critics. They find the artwork lazy, pedestrian, devoid of complexity and stripped of anything interesting.
The Sunlit Night follows Frances, an aspiring painter from New York City to the farthest reaches of Arctic Norway for an assignment she hopes will invigorate her work and expand her horizons.
Jenny Slate remains as charming as ever, but her winsome performance isn't enough to overcome The Sunlit Night 's grating tone and meandering plot. An aspiring painter meets eccentric locals...
- (59)
- Jenny Slate
- David Wnendt
- Romance, Comedy
Set between New York City and the far north of Norway, 'The Sunlit Night' follows American painter Frances and émigré Yasha as an unlikely pair who find each other in the Arctic circle. Frances has arrived to jumpstart her career while Yasha has come to bury his father in the land of the Vikings.
- 3 min
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Jul 16, 2020 · In the travelogue drama “The Sunlit Night,” she plays Frances, an artist who takes on a summer apprenticeship in remote Norway. The film begins with a critique of Frances’s paintings; her ...
