- Sunday (film)
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name = Sunday
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director =Jonathan Nossiter
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writer =James Lasdun Jonathan Nossiter
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starring =David Suchet Lisa Harrow
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released = January, 1997 (premiere at Sundance)22 August ,1997 (USA)
runtime = 91 min.
country = USA
language = English
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imdb_id = 0120244"Sunday" is a 1997
independent film . Set inQueens , a borough ofNew York City , it is a dark comedy about an unemployed, homelessIBM functionary mistaken by an ageing actress for a famous film director. The film was directed byJonathan Nossiter . Thescreenplay is an adaptation by Nossiter andJames Lasdun or Lasdun's own short story "Ate, Memos or the Miracle" (published in his collection of stories, "Three Evenings"). The two would later collaborate again on "Signs & Wonders ".Starring
David Suchet (who reportedly added 40 pounds for his role)Fact|date=July 2007, as well asLisa Harrow andJared Harris , it was shot on location in Queens and in an activehomeless shelter , blending actors and non-actors.Awards
The film won the 1997
Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury prize for Best Film and Best Screenplay. It also won theDeauville Film Festival Grand Prize for Best Film and its International Critics' prize. It marked Nossiter's debut at Cannes in the "Un Certain Regard " section (his 2004 "Mondovino " was in competition for thePalme d'Or ) and was also included in TheMuseum of Modern Art 's "New Directors, New Films" series.External links
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