Sunlight

AroView: A hilariously dark and unconventional love story that expands on the stagecraft of British comedian and puppeteer Nina Conti (daughter of actor Tom Conti) in her directorial debut.

Best known for giving ventriloquism a modern feminist spin, she here joins forces with affable co-star and co-writer Shenoah Allen as a couple of damaged souls who hit the road of the American south-west. It’s a brave and personal directorial debut in which her alter-ego subverts the rules of attraction by refusing to change out of a mascot monkey suit, mining emotional terrain that we haven’t quite seen before.

“Sunlight is delightful, dramatic, and deep all at once.” ~Bobby LePire, Film Threat

“Conti manages the feat of being funny, emotionally astute and kinda sexy throughout.” ~Phil Hoad, The Guardian

“If Sunlight worked even a quarter as well as it does, the movie would still have been something of a miracle.” ~Josh Larsen, LarsenOnFilm