Sunday (film)

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Sunday is a 1996 feature film directed and co-written by Jonathan Nossiter (along with Signs & Wonders collaborator James Lasdun).

The film is inspired by poet and writer James Lasdun's short story "Ate, Memos or The Miracle", published in his collection of stories, Three Evenings.

Set in Queens, the long forgotten borough of New York City, Sunday is a dark, comic fable about an unemployed, homeless IBM functionary mistaken by an ageing actress for a famous film director.

Starring David Suchet who reportedly added 40 pounds for the role, as well as Lisa Harrow and featuring Jared Harris, it was shot on location in Queens and in an active homeless shelter, blending actors and non-actors in the film's human tapestry.

[edit] Awards

The film won the 1997 Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury prize for Best Film and Best Screenplay. It also won the Deauville Film Festival Grand Prize for Best Film and its International Critics' prize. It marked Nossiter's debut at Cannes in "Un Certain Regard" section (his 2004 Mondovino was in competition for the Palme d'Or) and was also included in The Museum of Modern Art's "New Directors, New Films" series.