Day on Fire (film)
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Day on Fire is an American
film which was produced by Lodestar Entertainment and filmed in New York City
and Israel
in 2006. It is written and directed by Jay Anania, stars Academy Award winner Olympia Dukakis
, Carmen Chaplin
, Alyssa Sutherland
and Martin Donovan
and is produced by William Fisch and Larry Rattner. The film was scored by John Medeski with vocals by Judy Kuhn.
Day on Fire was screened at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival
on May 22, 2006.
Day on Fire tells the story of a singer, a model, an Arab woman journalist, and a physician as they criss-cross New York City over a 12-hour period. Their intersecting lives unfold against the backdrop of a ghastly suicide bombing in Israel, and the strange New York City wanderings of a malevolent Handsome Man, whose predatory intents lend an air of inevitable, horrific violence. Beautifully and hauntingly musical, this thriller also has a political and personal intrigue that mounts inexorably as the sun begins to set on this fateful day. By the time night has fallen in the city, the crossing of these individual fates is sealed. Each of these four women has found their destiny amidst the brutality that the film reveals.
United States
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film which was produced by Lodestar Entertainment and filmed in New York City
New York City
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and Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
in 2006. It is written and directed by Jay Anania, stars Academy Award winner Olympia Dukakis
Olympia Dukakis
Olympia Dukakis is an American actress. In 1987, she won an Academy Award, BAFTA, and a Golden Globe for her performance in Moonstruck...
, Carmen Chaplin
Carmen Chaplin
Carmen Chaplin is an actress, who belongs to the family of Charlie Chaplin.-Family:Carmen Chaplin is an English multicultural actress, director and writer....
, Alyssa Sutherland
Alyssa Sutherland
Alyssa Sutherland is an Australian-born actress and model born in Brisbane in 1982, and now based in New York City.Her modeling career began when she won the 1997 annual Bonne Belle model search of Girlfriend, a teen magazine in Australia...
and Martin Donovan
Martin Donovan
Martin Donovan is an American stage and film actor. He has had a long collaboration with the director Hal Hartley, appearing in many of his films, including Trust , Surviving Desire , Simple Men , Flirt , Amateur , and The Book of Life...
and is produced by William Fisch and Larry Rattner. The film was scored by John Medeski with vocals by Judy Kuhn.
Day on Fire was screened at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival
Cannes Film Festival
The Cannes International Film Festival , is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres including documentaries from around the world. Founded in 1946, it is among the world's most prestigious and publicized film festivals...
on May 22, 2006.
Day on Fire tells the story of a singer, a model, an Arab woman journalist, and a physician as they criss-cross New York City over a 12-hour period. Their intersecting lives unfold against the backdrop of a ghastly suicide bombing in Israel, and the strange New York City wanderings of a malevolent Handsome Man, whose predatory intents lend an air of inevitable, horrific violence. Beautifully and hauntingly musical, this thriller also has a political and personal intrigue that mounts inexorably as the sun begins to set on this fateful day. By the time night has fallen in the city, the crossing of these individual fates is sealed. Each of these four women has found their destiny amidst the brutality that the film reveals.
External links
- Day on Fire on Rotten TomatoesRotten TomatoesRotten Tomatoes is a website devoted to reviews, information, and news of films—widely known as a film review aggregator. Its name derives from the cliché of audiences throwing tomatoes and other vegetables at a poor stage performance...
- 2006 Toronto International Film Festival
- Bleiberg Entertainment