Summerlight and Then Comes the Night

“Adalsteins’ eye for detail and the picture’s persuasive sense of place and of community carries us along for the leisurely, meandering ride” (ScreenDaily).

On September 18, join us for a screening of Summerlight and Then Comes the Night, based on the popular novel by Icelandic author Jón Kalman Stefánsson. The screening will be followed by a film talk between director Elfar Adalsteins and Stefánsson.

This little Icelandic village is brimming with stories, and if you listen closely, it might tell you a few tales. Perhaps the one about the prominent businessman who dreams in Latin and sacrifices a promising career for astronomy and old books. Or perhaps you’ll hear the one about the policeman’s son, a sensitive boy who paints and carves birds and dreams of being an artist. Or maybe the one about the wild, open-air sex with explosive consequences. Or the one about the big rock that can break the finely woven thread running between life and death…

Starring Heida Reed, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Svandis Dora Einarsdottir, and others, Summerlight and Then Comes the Night (Sumarljós og svo kemur nóttin, dir. Elfar Adalsteins, Iceland/Belgium/Sweden, 2022) takes us on an intimate journey through a small town with great magic.