Night Comes On
Directed by Jordana Spiro
Eighteen-year-old Angel leaves her stint in juvenile detention with nothing but a few bucks and a dead cellphone. After serving time for unlawful possession of a weapon, she’s thrown back onto the streets and into a world riddled with the demons of her past. Her little sister, Abby, is stuck in foster care while her dad, responsible for the murder of their mother, roams free in some undisclosed suburb. But Angel, strong-willed and resourceful, has a quick-fix plan: find Abby, get a gun, hunt down her father, and hit the reset button on her and her sister’s life.
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Dominique Fishback, Tatum Marilyn Hall, John Earl Jelks, Max Casella, James McDaniel
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English / 2018 / 86’
Night Comes On
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FICTION - Drama
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Director Jordana Spiro Screenwriters Jordana Spiro, Angelica Nwandu Cinematographer Hatuey Viveros Lavielle Editor Taylor Levy Production Designer Valeria De Felice Costume Designer Begoña Berges Composers Nathan Halpern, Matthew Robert Cooper Sound Designer Chris Foster Casting Directors Julie Schubert, Laray Mayfield Line Producer Tatiana Bears Producers Jonathan Montepare, Alvaro R. Valente, Danielle Renfrew Behrens Executive Producers Bill Harnisch, Ruth Ann Harnisch, David Stone, David Boies III, Donna Gruneich, Kevin Gruneich, Jenifer Westphal, Patty Quillin, Larry Taube, Jordana Spiro, Matthew Spitzer
Production company Superlative Films -
DCP | Colour | 5.1
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Sundance Film Festival 2018 - NEXT Award
Rotterdam Film Festival 2018
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"Restrained, affecting and tenderly oberved with a distinctly female gaze..." THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
"Intimately accompished debut feature provides viewers with yet another reason to file for future reference; in her first big-screen showcase, the gifted young actress-playwright fixes the camera with a calm, confident stare, and has its undivided attention thereafter. Select distribution should follow festival berths in Sundance and Rotterdam." VARIETY
"The delicacy of the bond etched between Fishback's Angel and her ten-year-old sibling, played by captivating discovery Tatum Marilyn Hall, keeps you hooked into this melancholy but hopeful story of fractured family dynamics" THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
"Night Comes On is the female revenge movie we need right now!" REFINERY29
"Spiro weaves her beautiful story with suspense both emotional and visceral, and together with her two lead performers builds an intensely affecting connection across a short running time." FILM SCHOOL REJECTS
"Night Comes on, gives us an extra layer and depth to this genre that we quite haven't experienced before. This is a reminiscent of the ward-winning film Moonlight in some ways." BLACK GIRL NERDS
"Hall's perormance as the fierce young girl will leave you mesmerized" SHADOW & ACT
"A film that is very much needed." CULTURE VULTURES -
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