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Night Sun

Night Sun

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Status

Released

Release Date

May 15, 1990

Runtime

1h 52m

Genres

Drama

User Score

57%

Original Title

Il sole anche di notte

Production Companies

Filmtre

Director

Paolo Taviani

Description

Based on Leo Tolstoy's novel, Father Sergius, Night Sun stars Julian Sands as Sergio, a nobleman in 18th-century Italy who is expected to marry a duchess, Nastassja Kinski. Upon learning that she was previously the King's mistress, Sergio turns his back on society and becomes a monk. While at the hermitage he tries to resist all sexual temptations before him and soon becomes known as a miracle worker. Eventually he succumbs to a young seductress and knowing he is undeserving of the adulation, leaves the hermitage to travel around as a homeless beggar.