A Bright Sun
(Un sol radiant)
Mònica Cambra Domínguez, Ariadna Fortuny Cardona | Drama, Fiction
2023 | 85 minutes | Spain
Eleven-year-old Mila faces the last days of life before the world's end, struggling to understand death while keeping her family together.
Synopsis
Eleven-year-old Mila and her family face the final days before an imminent apocalypse, as a meteor hurtles toward Earth, leaving no hope of survival. Isolated in a countryside house and struggling to grasp the concept of death, Mila seeks solace in keeping her family united, choosing to organize a party on the last day of life on Earth. As the celebration approaches, it becomes much more than a simple gathering, symbolizing resistance against despair and the inexorable passing of time.
Drawing comparisons to Melancholia by Lars von Trier and 4:44 by Abel Ferrara, A Bright Sun offers a luminous, distinctly feminine meditation on impending doom, balancing youthful hope with the complexity of existential loss.
Reviews
"[An] imaginative coming-of-age tale, which is simple and poetic, and which portrays the crisis of the future in store for today’s youth” - D’A Barcelona Film Festival Talen Award Jury
"Makes the most of its scant resources and relies on the power of suggestion to make us uneasy despite its luminous title." - Alfonso Rivera, CineEuropa
“Family relationships explained from the sub” – El Periódico
“Laia Artigas is once again a special, unique, sensitive look” – Cineuropa
“It narrates in an intimate key the waiting time before the end of all things human” – Cine con Ñ
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Santander Film Festival - Best acress (Nuria Sales); Guijón International Film Festival - DAMA Prize to the Best Script; D'A Barcelona Film Festival - Talents Award
DIRECTOR: Mònica Cambra Domínguez, Ariadna Fortuny Cardona
NATIONALITY: Spain
YEAR: 2023
GENRE: Drama, Fiction
LANGUAGE: Catalan
COLOR / B&W: Color
GRADE LEVEL: Middle School, High School, College, Adult
SUBTITLE/CC: AVAILABLE
AUDIO DESCRIPTION: NOT AVAILABLE
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