BRIGHT NIGHTS

HELLE NÄCHTE

By Thomas ARSLAN

MUBI, INC - as DISTR VOD, World

Drama - Completed 2017

While on a trip to bury his father in remote northern Norway, Michael is determined to bond with his estranged teenage son ... A touching father-son drama from the director of GOLD , IN THE SHADOWS and VACATION.

Festivals
& Awards

Berlinale - Berlin IFF 2017
Competition Silver Bear for Best Actor
    • Year of production
    • 2017
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • GERMANY, NORWAY
    • Languages
    • GERMAN
    • Duration
    • 86 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Thomas ARSLAN
    • Writer(s)
    • Thomas ARSLAN
    • Producer(s)
    • Florian KOERNER VON GUSTORF, Michael WEBER
    • Synopsis
    • Berlin-based engineer Michael must travel to Norway for his father‘s funeral. His sister is unwilling to go, and Michael is left alone with his 14-year-old son Luis, with whom he has always had minimal contact. Michael tries to bond with Luis while exploring the remote region of northern Norway for a few days. But their rst trip together is much more dif cult than expected. Daily interaction is unfamiliar territory to both, and Luis obviously holds a grudge because of his father‘s negligence. But during these longest days of summer, Michael is determined to break a bittersweet father-son pattern.