Sun Don't Shine
| Sun Don't Shine | |
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| Directed by | Amy Seimetz |
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| Written by | Amy Seimetz |
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| Cinematography | Jay Keitel |
| Edited by | production design: Lanie Faith Marie Overton |
| Distributed by | Factory25 |
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Running time | 82 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Sun Don't Shine is a 2012 independent thriller film written and directed by Amy Seimetz. It stars Kate Lyn Sheil and Kentucker Audley. It first premiered on March 10, 2012 at the South by Southwest Film Festival, where it won a special jury award.[1] The film was released in a limited release and through video on demand on April 26, 2013, by Factory25.[2]
Plot
Crystal (Kate Lyn Sheil) and Leo (Kentucker Audley) are traveling to St. Petersburg, Florida in order to gain assistance from one of Leo's ex-girlfriends. The two tensely travel along the Gulf Coast, fearful of police discovering the body in their trunk. The further along they drive, the more paranoid and anxious the duo becomes. Various details about each person are revealed, such as revelations that Crystal is a single mother and had previously hit on Leo, who initially refused her advances.
Cast
- Kate Lyn Sheil as Crystal
- AJ Bowen as Highway Angel
- Kentucker Audley as Leo
- Kit Gwin as Terri
- Mark Reeb as Boatman
Reception
Critical reception for Sun Don't Shine has been generally positive and the film holds a rating of 70 on Metacritic (based on 8 reviews) and 93% on Rotten Tomatoes (based on 14 reviews).[3][4] The New York Times and New York Post both praised the film's acting and direction,[5] and the reviewer for the New York Times remarked that the film "unspools like a Françoise Sagan novel: purposefully, enigmatically and with a raw emotional purity that makes its volatile central couple appear even more defenseless than they really are."[6]
Awards
- Chicken & Egg Emergent Narrative Woman Director Award, South by Southwest (2012, won)[7]
- Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award, Gotham Independent Film Awards (2013, nominated)[8]
- Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You, Gotham Independent Film Awards (2013, nominated)[9]
References
- ↑ http://schedule.sxsw.com/2012/events/event_FS12492
- ↑ http://www.factorytwentyfive.com/sun-dont-shine/
- ↑ "Sun Don't Shine - Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
- ↑ "Sun Don't Shine". Metacritic. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
- ↑ Brody, Richard. "THE FILM FILE: SUN DON'T SHINE". New Yorker. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
- ↑ CATSOULIS, JEANNETTE. "Sweaty Young Lovers on the Run". NYT. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
- ↑ "SXSW FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2012 AWARD WINNERS" (PDF). SXSW. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
- ↑ "Nominees Announced for the 23rd Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards By IFP". IFP. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
- ↑ "Surveying the Gotham Nominees For 'Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You,' Screening at MoMA Through Monday". IndieWire. Retrieved 3 January 2014.