When the light breaks by Rúnar Rúnarsson, in Un Certain Regard selection at the Cannes Festival 2024

When the light breaks, Rúnar Rúnarsson 's fourth feature film, will have the honor of opening Un Certain Regard, one of the Cannes 2024 Festival's parallel selections, which spotlights young cinema from all over the world.

When the light rises on a long summer's day in Reykjavik, Iceland. From one sunset to the next, Una, a young art student, encounters love, friendship, grief and beauty. Elín Hall stars in this Icelandic film.

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This is not the Icelandic director 's first appearance at Cannes. He presented his first feature, Volcano, at the Quinzaine des Cinéastes in 2011, while his third film, ECHO, was selected for the festival's L'Atelier, which helps some 15 young directors finance their next film each year.

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