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Sunday

1997

Jonathan Nossiter

1997·Unrated·United StatesUnited States
Award tierBronze

This film concerns two mysterious characters who meet on a Sunday in Queens. Madeleine the most unsettling creature of that name since "Vertigo" is a middle-aged, moderately successful actress. Oliver/Matthew is either a homeless man or a famous film director or both. Madeleine hails him on the street as the latter, launching a bizarre chain of events that includes a conversation in a diner, a very unromantic sexual encounter, the arrival of Madeleine's odd husband and unsuspecting daughter, and a child's birthday party. The film also compassionately tracks the daily rounds of Oliver/Matthew's fellow denizens of the homeless shelter, some of whom will be recognizable to New York audiences.

Cast

Lisa Harrow·David Suchet·Jared Harris·Larry Pine

Producers

Jed Alpert·Heidi Bettini·Helen Doyle·Andrew Fierberg·Tammy Giesen

Languages

United KingdomEnglish

Major Awards

1 win · 2 nominations

Wins (1)

Festival Grand Prize

Sundance Film Festival (1997)

Dramatic

Jonathan Nossiter

Nominations (2)

Best Actress

Film Independent Spirit Awards (1998)

Best Female Lead

Lisa Harrow

Critics' Awards

Cannes Film Festival (1997)

Un Certain Regard Award

Jonathan Nossiter