A Bright Sun

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Eleven-year-old Mila and her family face the final days before an imminent apocalypse, as a meteor hurtles toward Earth, leaving no hope of survival. Isolated in a countryside house and struggling to grasp the concept of death, Mila seeks solace in keeping her family united, choosing to organize a party on the last day of life on Earth. As the celebration approaches, it becomes much more than a simple gathering, symbolizing resistance against despair and the inexorable passing of time.

Drawing comparisons to Melancholia by Lars von Trier and 4:44 by Abel Ferrara, A Bright Sun offers a luminous, distinctly feminine meditation on impending doom, balancing youthful hope with the complexity of existential loss.

"[An] imaginative coming-of-age tale, which is simple and poetic, and which portrays the crisis of the future in store for today’s youth” - D’A Barcelona Film Festival Talen Award Jury

"Makes the most of its scant resources and relies on the power of suggestion to make us uneasy despite its luminous title." - Alfonso Rivera, CineEuropa

“Family relationships explained from the sub” – El Periódico

“Laia Artigas is once again a special, unique, sensitive look” – Cineuropa

“It narrates in an intimate key the waiting time before the end of all things human” – Cine con Ñ

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Cambra Domínguez, Mònica (film director)
Fortuny Cardona, Ariadna (film director)
Fortuny Cardona, Ariadna (screenwriter)
Garcia de Dios, Clàudia (screenwriter)
Artigas, Laia (actor)
Prims, Nuria (actor)
Sales, Nunu (actor)

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Cinematography, Àssia J. La-Roca Pérez; editing, Mònica Cambra Domínguez, Lucía Herrera Pérez; music, Guillermo Martorell.

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