Sunday (1997 film)
Sunday is a 1997 independent film directed by Jonathan Nossiter. Set in Queens, a borough of New York City, it is a dark comedy about an unemployed, homeless IBM functionary mistaken by an aging actress for famous film director Matthew Delacorta. The screenplay is an adaptation by Nossiter and James Lasdun of Lasdun's own short story "Ate, Memos or the Miracle". The two would later collaborate again on Signs & Wonders.
Starring David Suchet, as well as Lisa Harrow and Jared Harris, it was shot on location in Queens and in an active homeless shelter, blending actors and non-actors.Cast
- Arnold Barkus—Andy
- Jared Harris—Ray
- Bahman Soltani—Abram
- Willis Burks II—Selwyn
- Joseph Sirola—Joe Subalowsky
- Henry Hayward—Sam
- Kevin Thigpen—David
- Chen Tsun Kit—Himself
- Lisa Harrow—Madeleine Vesey
- Larry Pine—Ben Vesey
- Yeon Joo Kim—Suky Vesey
- Fran Capo—Judy, Madeleine's Friend
- Spencer Paterson—Johnny O
- Joe Grifasi—Scottie Elster
- Jimmy Broadway—himself
- David Suchet—Oliver/Matthew Delacorta
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 the "Un Certain Regard" section and was also included in The Museum of Modern Art's New Directors/New Films Festival.
