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- 2013
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- 1 h 30 m
- 2013
- Interior13 Cine
- 1 h 30 m
Summary Philipp, an Austrian actor, receives an unexpected visit from his uncle Walter, a man he has never met. Together, they become involved in the life of Philipp's neighbor.
Directed By: Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel
Written By: Xaver Bayer, Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel
- 2013
- Interior13 Cine
- 1 h 30 m
- 2013
- Interior13 Cine
- 1 h 30 m
The Shine of Day
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Summary Philipp, an Austrian actor, receives an unexpected visit from his uncle Walter, a man he has never met. Together, they become involved in the life of Philipp's neighbor.
Directed By: Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel
Written By: Xaver Bayer, Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel
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Generally Favorable
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
64
80% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
20% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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The Shine of Day pulls itself together with an ending that feels a bit ready-made for drawing out the parallels between its kindred performers. But the movie gratifyingly observes the openness that seems the base line for Philipp and Walter, and the glimmer of realization in a stage actor about the void that may lurk among his many liberating roles.
Featuring veteran Austrian theater actor Philipp Hochmair and former circus performer Walter Saabel playing loosely fictionalized versions of themselves, The Shine of Day sporadically registers with beautifully observed moments even while suffering from its lack of a compelling narrative.
The Shine of Day shows strangers rockily building a family together.
As in Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel's 2009 film, La Pivellina, modesty is the key to The Shine of Day, and sometimes to the detriment of audience involvement and focus.
The Italian-born Covi and her Viennese partner keep things breezy, letting real-life theater actor Hochmair go about his backstage business and watching Saabel chat up various locals in dive bars (you can tell the filmmakers cut their teeth making docs).
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Production Company
Vento Film
Release Date Jul 12, 2013
Duration 1 h 30 m
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Awards
Locarno International Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 4 Nominations
Sulmonacinema Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Diagonale, Austria
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
