WHEN THE LIGHT BREAKS
Film - CineMasters Competition

WHEN THE LIGHT BREAKS

Directed by Rúnar Rúnarsson

Info

Director: Rúnar Rúnarsson
Section: CineMasters Competition
Country: France, Iceland, Croatia, Netherlands
Year: 2024
OT: LJÓSBROT
Language: Icelandic
Version: Original version with English subtitles
Cast: Elín Hall, Mikael Kaaber, Katla Njálsdóttir, Baldur Einarsson, Ágúst Wigum, Gunnar Hrafn Kristjánsson
18+ (no age rating)

Logline

Sensitive and merciless: 24 hours of art, happiness, and death.

Una and Diddi have just fallen in love — but no one’s allowed to know, especially not Diddi’s long-time girlfriend, Klara. Before he can come clean with her, however, he dies in a terrible accident. As Klara and the friends of the deceased console each other, Una must find a way to cope with a pain that she’s not really allowed to feel.

Show calendar
Photocredits: Compassfilm; Director's Photo: Claudia Hausfeld

Calendar

  • City 1
  • After the film: Q&A with RĂșnar RĂșnarsson

    HFF Audimax
  • ASTOR ARRI Kino

Meet the director

WHEN THE LIGHT BREAKS

Rúnar Rúnarsson

Rúnar Rúnarsson was born in Reykjavík, Iceland, in 1977. He made several short films and attended Den Danske Filmskole in Copenhagen. His first feature film, VOLCANO (FILMFEST MÜNCHEN 2011), earned 17 international awards at various festivals. His subsequent works have also received a number of awards. His fourth feature film, WHEN THE LIGHT BREAKS, was the opening film of the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes in 2024.

Credits

Screenplay: Rúnar Rúnarsson
Director of Photography: Sophia Olsson, FSF
Film Editor: Andri Steinn Guðjónsson
Composer: Jóhann Jóhannsson
Production Designer: Hulda Helgadóttir
Costume Design: Helga Rós. V. Hannam
Sound: Ranko Paukovic, Ivan Zelic, Björn Viktorsson, Pétur Einarsson
Animation: Jörundur Rafn Arnarson (VFX)
Make-up artist: Evalotte Oosterop
Producer: Heather Millard, Rúnar Rúnarsson
Production Company: Compass Films
Executive producer: Þórður Jónsson, Lilja Ósk Snorradóttir, Claudia Hausfeld
Co-Producer: Raymond van der Kaaij, Igor A Nola, Mike Downey, Xenia Maingot, Sarah Chazelle
Co-Production Company: Revolver Amsterdam, Halibut, MP Film, Eaux Vives Productions, Jour2Fête
World Sales: THE PARTY FILM SALES
Distributor: Neue Visionen