Synopsis
When a distant emergency disrupts a vacation in Acapulco, simmering tensions rise to the fore between scions of a wealthy British family.
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Cast
- Tim RothNeil Bennett
- Charlotte GainsbourgAlice Bennett
- Iazua LariosBernice
- Henry GoodmanRichard
- Albertine Kotting McMillanAlexa Bennett
- Samuel BottomleyColin Bennett
- James TarpeyAlbert Thompson
- Mónica del CarmenLuisa
- Ely GuerraSinger
- Victor HugoBerenice's Friend
Recommendations
- 100
The Guardian
It’s pitiless and pitch-perfect, an existential tour-de-force with shades of Camus’s The Outsider. - 90
Slashfilm
The genius of Sundown is how little it tells us while keeping us glued to what we're seeing. - 80
Variety
Yes, Sundown is a mystery, but it’s also a Rorschach test. No two people will see the film the same way. - 80
Screen Daily
There are moments when, like the gaudy lights of Acapulco, Sundown flickers into something rather special when seen from the right angle, in the right mood: a film about a goodbye to life which is also a film about a kind of afterlife. - 80
Film Threat
Tim Roth is great as Neil. - 75
IndieWire
Roth’s expressions range from slightly dazed to slightly drunk, and so, as the days drift by, Sundown becomes a liberating blend of mystery and existential deadpan comedy. - 75
The Playlist
Sundown doesn’t subvert what we’ve come to expect from Franco’s work, but it is still a distinctively cerebral rumination. - 75
TheWrap
Its intensity burns like the sun which makes Neil’s skin blister, peeling off a layer we hope might reveal more. Franco is scratching away at the surface, too, making the sort of movie you come away from with questions, wondering if you’d blinked and missed something.
