When the Light Breaks Ljósbrot
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.
Screenings & Events
Screening
Sun, Oct 20 @ 5:00pm CDT
at Gene Siskel Film Center, screen 1
Director Rúnar Rúnarsson
- Assistive Listening Devices available
Screening
Mon, Oct 21 @ 5:30pm CDT
at AMC NEWCITY 14, screen 13
Director Rúnar Rúnarsson
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Media
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