Country: USA
Year: 2012
Duration: 82'
A young couple is driving along the roads of Florida. The savage and oppressive landscape, made of swamps and forests, alternates with a suburban panorama of identical houses. But where are Crystal and Leo going? Where are they coming from? What is making them drive for endless miles? As the days pass and frequent quarrels alternate with a few begrudged moments of tenderness, the tension grows and shadows and disturbing glimpses of Crystal’s past emerge. It increasingly appears as though they are trying to run away from themselves – where will it all lead?
Biography
film director
Amy Seimetz
Amy Seimetz is an important figure in recent American independent cinema, in view of the many capacities she has filled in numerous productions. In particular, before debuting in feature-length films with Sun Don’t Shine, she wrote and directed the shorts The Unseen Kind-Hearted Beast (2005); We Saw Such Things (2008), co-directed with James Ponsoldt; and Round Town Girls (2009). She has performed in over thirty movies, including The Myth of American Sleepover (2010), presented at the Torino Film Festival. She produced the films she directed, as well as Medicine for Melancholy (2010) by Barry Jenkins; The Dish and the Spoon (2011) by Alison Bagnall; Silver Bullets (2011) by Joe Swanberg, in which she also performed; and No Matter What (2011) by Cherie Saulter.
FILMOGRAFIA
The Unseen Kind-Hearted Beast (cm, 2005), We Saw Such Things (coregia/codirector James Ponsoldt, cm, doc., 2008), Round Town Girls (cm, 2009), Sun Don’t Shine (2012).
Declaration
film director
“The film is inspired by a reoccurring nightmare that I’ve been having since I was eight. It started coming back more frequently right before I made Sun Don’t Shine. This past year was particularly trying and traumatic so I felt particularly compelled to make the film.”
Cast
& Credits
regia, sceneggiatura/ director, screenplay Amy Seimetz
fotografia/cinematography Jay Keitel
montaggio/film editing David Lowery
scenografia/ production design Lanie Faith, Marie Overton
musica/music Ben Lovett
suono/sound Ben Huff
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters Kate Lynn Sheil (Crystal), Kentucker Audley (Leo), A.J. Bowen (l’angelo dell’autostrada/ highway angel), Kit Gwin (Terry), Mark Reeb (l’uomo sulla barca/boatman), Gregory Gordon Schmidt (l’uomo morto/dead man)
produttori/producers Kimberly Sherman, Amy Seimetz
coproduttore/coproducer Dalila Droege
vendita all’estero/ world sales George M. Rush, Esq.
fotografia/cinematography Jay Keitel
montaggio/film editing David Lowery
scenografia/ production design Lanie Faith, Marie Overton
musica/music Ben Lovett
suono/sound Ben Huff
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters Kate Lynn Sheil (Crystal), Kentucker Audley (Leo), A.J. Bowen (l’angelo dell’autostrada/ highway angel), Kit Gwin (Terry), Mark Reeb (l’uomo sulla barca/boatman), Gregory Gordon Schmidt (l’uomo morto/dead man)
produttori/producers Kimberly Sherman, Amy Seimetz
coproduttore/coproducer Dalila Droege
vendita all’estero/ world sales George M. Rush, Esq.
