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A freckled red-headed woman stands on a porch.

When the Light Breaks Ljósbrot

  Rúnar Rúnarsson

  Iceland, Netherlands, Croatia, France     82 minutes

Synopsis

Spanning one sunset to another, When the Light Breaks is a whisper-quiet rumination on love, beauty, and human perseverance in the face of disaster. Two lovers, Una and Diddi, look toward the horizon at the end of a long Icelandic summer day. Una, a passionate performance art student, dreams of the future, which begins with the two lovers announcing their well-kept secret relationship to their friends. Then a sudden, devastating tragedy befalls Reykjavík, and Una and her friends are forced to reckon with a broken new reality. Visionary director Rúnar Rúnarsson (Sparrows, 2015) deploys a haunting score while training his expressive, incisive camera on a talented young cast to create an intimate, hushed examination of loss and grief.

  

 Icelandic with subtitles

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Film Credits

  •   Heather Millard, Rúnar Rúnarsson
  •   Rúnar Rúnarsson
  •   Andri Steinn Guðjónsson
  •   Sophia Olsson FSF
  •   Elín Hall, Mikael Kaaber, Katla Njálsdóttir, Baldur Einarsson, Ágúst Wigum, Gunnar Hrafn Kristjánsson
  •   Jóhann Jóhannsson
  •   Þórður Jónsson, Lilja Ósk Snorradóttir, Claudia Hausfeld
  •   Compass Films, Halibut, Revolver Amsterdam, MP Film, Eaux Vives Productions, Jour2Fête
  •   https://www.thepartysales.com/movie/when-the-light-breaks/

Sponsors

International Competition Program Patron

Jacolyn and John Bucksbaum Family Foundation

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Two women with matching hair, sunglasses, and bathing suits lie head to head by a pool.

Wishing on a Star

  Péter Kerekes

  Italy, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Austria, Croatia     99 minutes

Synopsis

Luciana, a trusted Italian astrologer, promises her clients a way to make their dreams come true: All they need to do is take a special birthday trip to a destination determined by their astrological profile. Sitting behind her computer, Luciana quickly types in some data. Out comes a client’s wish-fulfilling location, be it Taipei, Beirut, or Alaska. As Luciana’s customers — from fun-loving twins to an elderly woman — venture out, they discover fulfillment in the unlikeliest of places.

Mixing deadpan wit and bittersweet poignance, Slovak director Péter Kerekes (ChicagoIFF winner Cooking History) returns to the Festival with a wondrously stylized documentary that is as surprising and idiosyncratic as its central psychic. No matter what you think of Luciana’s practice, Wishing on a Star offers an authentically sensitive and universal portrait of the human desire for happiness—and the lengths people will go to find it.

 Italian, Friulian with subtitles

In Focus: Italy on Screen

the flag of ItalyThis film is part of the 60th Chicago International Film Festival’s In Focus: Italy on Screen collection, celebrating Italian cinema by harkening back to the best of the country’s filmmaking traditions while showcasing vibrant new work.

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Film Credits

  •   Erica Barbiani, Lucia Candelpergher, Péter Kerekes, Vit Schmarc, Ralph Wieser, Vanja Jambrovic, Stefano Centini
  •   Erica Barbiani, Péter Kerekes
  •   Marek Šulík
  •   Martin Kollar
  •   Luciana de Leoni d’Asparedo, Valentina Angeli, Alessandra Fornasier, Barbara Lutman, Giovanni Rugo, Adriana Vangone, Giuliana Vangone
  •   Lucia Chuťková
  •   Videomante, Kerekesfilm, Artcam Films, Mischief Films, Restart, Volos Films

Sponsors

Comedy Program Partner

Documentary Program Partner

Logo: WTTW (2019)

Documentary Program Patron

Cynthia Stone Raskin

With Support From

Logo: Cinecittà 288x60Logo: Italian Ministry of Culture 179x80Logo: Italian Cultural Institute - 200x100

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The Film Title

  Horace Van Welmute

  Display Country     634 minutes

Synopsis

Johnny is a successful banker who lives happily in a San Francisco townhouse with his fiancée, Lisa. One day, inexplicably, she gets bored of him and decides to seduce Johnny’s best friend, Mark. From there, nothing will be the same again.

“What is this?”
-everyone

  

 Display Language with subtitles

Screenings & Events

Screening

Thursday, Sept 30, 2021 @ 7:00pm

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Film Credits

  •   Paul Producer
  •   Samir Screenwriter
  •   J. Jonah Jameson
  •   Annie Lebowitz
  •   Candice D.P. Willgins
  •   Bill Murray, Charlie Chaplin, Reese Witherspoon, Daniel Day-Lewis
  •   Junkie XL
  •   The Decemberists
  •   Dan Quayle, Will Smith
  •   Dreamworks, A24

Sponsors

Logo: Consulate General of Mexico in Chicago 250x75Logo: NEA 293x100Logo: Prodigy Film Camp - 462x100