The Sunlit Night

"Find your height at the top of the world."

2020 1h 18m EN

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5.4

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★5.4TMDB · 43

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Synopsis

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An aspiring painter meets eccentric locals and a fellow New Yorker while working on a barn in Norway.

“Find your height at the top of the world.”

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Cast

Jenny Slate
Frances
Alex Sharp
Yasha
Fridtjov Såheim
Nils
Gillian Anderson
Olyana
Zach Galifianakis
Haldor
David Paymer
Levi
Jessica Hecht
Mirela
Elise Kibler
Gaby

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: David Wnendt
Writers: Rebecca Dinerstein
Languages: Norwegian, English
Countries: Germany, Norway, United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Tight 78-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 6 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Norwegian, English.

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WORLD

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International production across 3 countries: Germany, Norway, United States of America.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by David Wnendt, shot by Martin Ahlgren. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Enis Rotthoff. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Andreas Wodraschke shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Jenny Slate and Alex Sharp and Fridtjov Såheim carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

David Wnendt directs. Martin Ahlgren behind the camera. Enis Rotthoff scores. Andreas Wodraschke cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Germany, Norway, United States of America. Dialogue in Norwegian, English.

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1Tight 78-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
2Released 6 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Norwegian, English.
4International production across 3 countries: Germany, Norway, United States of America.
5Directed by David Wnendt, shot by Martin Ahlgren. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Enis Rotthoff. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Andreas Wodraschke shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Jenny Slate and Alex Sharp and Fridtjov Såheim carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "Find your height at the top of the world.".
10IMDB entry: tt8368394 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Only 43 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Martin Ahlgren
Original score: Enis Rotthoff
Editing: Andreas Wodraschke
Production design: Kristine Wilhelmsen
Costume design: Stacey Berman
Makeup / hair: Roberto Alvarado Jr.
Runtime: 78 min · 1h 18m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
IMDB: The Sunlit Night (2020)

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Baltipink2025-08-10
★ 8/10
Jenny Slate plays a young artist whose life isn't exactly going as planned. She ends up taking the only opportunity available to get away. In this case it is a job assisting an artist nobody cares about who is painting a barn in isolated Norway. Maybe the movie isn't going to bowl you over or tell you anything that you didn't know. But this blissfully short film was exactly the vibe I needed after weeks of doom scrolling. Even when everything is going completely wrong, life can somehow come together in perfectly random ways, if only for a moment at a time.

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