Set between New York City and the far north of Norway, The Sunlit Night follows American painter Frances (played by Slate) and émigré Yasha (Sharp) — an unlikely pair who find each other in the Arctic circle. Frances has arrived to jumpstart her career while Yasha has come to bury his father in the land of the Vikings. Together under a sun that never quite sets, they let go of the past and discover the future, and family, they didn’t know they had.
The movie is adapted from Rebecca Dinerstein’s debut novel, published by Bloomsbury in 2015.
German director David Wnendt helms the Norway-set drama, which stars Jenny Slate, Zach Galifianakis, Gillian Anderson, and Jessica Hecht.