2012 · thriller · drama
Sun Don't Shine
Directed by Amy Seimetz1h 22m2012
Crystal and her boyfriend Leo embark on a tense and mysterious road trip through the desolate yet hauntingly beautiful landscape of central Florida.
Our read: Sun Don't Shine (2012) reads as a heavy, measured, inventive thriller · drama entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, measured, measured thriller / drama, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- measured
- intense
- bleak
- cold
- intimate
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