THE SUNLIT NIGHT will be released on Digital Platforms in the UK & Ireland On 16th November 2020 by BlueFinch Film Releasing.
THE SUNLIT NIGHT is the heart-warming story of aspiring painter Frances (Jenny Slate), who decides to leave her complicated life in New York in search of inspiration in Norway.
Synopsis: A star studded adaptation of the acclaimed novel, featuring Jenny Slate, Alex Sharp, Zach Galifianakis and Gillian Anderson. The Sunlit Night follows painter Frances (Slate) as she leaves her life in New York in search of inspiration in the Norwegian Arctic circle. In a remote village, among the locals, she meets a fellow New Yorker (Sharp), who has come in search of a proper Viking funeral only to find that the Chief (Galifianakis) is nothing but a re-enactor from Cincinnati. Under a sun that never quite sets, and the high standards of an unforgiving mentor, Frances must navigate between ambition and desire in order to find a way forward.
THE SUNLIT NIGHT is directed by David Wnendt and stars Jenny Slate, Alex Sharp, Gillian Anderson, Zach Galifianakis.
