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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Main credits
Cambra Domínguez, Mònica (film director)
Fortuny Cardona, Ariadna (film director)
Fortuny Cardona, Ariadna (screenwriter)
Garcia de Dios, Clàudia (screenwriter)
Artigas, Laia (actor)
Prims, Nuria (actor)
Sales, Nunu (actor)
Other credits
Cinematography, Àssia J. La-Roca Pérez; editing, Mònica Cambra Domínguez, Lucía Herrera Pérez; music, Guillermo Martorell.
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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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