Sunday (1997)
1h 31m
Running Time
May 1, 1997Release Date
Plot.
This film concerns two mysterious characters who meet on a Sunday in Queens. Madeleine the most unsettling creature of that name since "Vertigo" is a middle-aged, moderately successful actress. Oliver/Matthew is either a homeless man or a famous film director or both. Madeleine hails him on the street as the latter, launching a bizarre chain of events that includes a conversation in a diner, a very unromantic sexual encounter, the arrival of Madeleine's odd husband and unsuspecting daughter, and a child's birthday party. The film also compassionately tracks the daily rounds of Oliver/Matthew's fellow denizens of the homeless shelter, some of whom will be recognizable to New York audiences.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
David Suchet
Oliver / Matthew Delacorta
Lisa Harrow
Madeleine Vesey
Jared Harris
Ray
Arnold Barkus
Andy
Larry Pine
Ben Vesey
Bahman Soltani
Abram
Jonathan Nossiter
Director
Willis Burks II
Selwyn
James Lasdun
Writer
Joseph Sirola
Joe Subalowsky
Andrew Fierberg
Producer
Henry Hayward
Sam
Agios Katsikakis
Producer
Alix Madigan
Producer
Kevin Thigpen
David
Michael F. Barrow
Cinematographer
Chen Tsun Kit
Himself
Yeon Joo Kim
Suky Vesey
Fran Capo
Judy, Madeleine's Friend
Spencer Patterson
Johnny O
Joe Grifasi
Scottie Elster
Jimmy Broadway
Himself
Mali Finn
Casting
Robert Jiras
Associate Producer
Danny Lerner
Associate Producer
Hisami Kuroiwa
Executive Producer
Madeleine Gavin
Editor
DJ Paul
Executive Producer
Deana Sidney
Production Design
Stephen Beatrice
Art Direction
Kathryn Nixon
Costume Design
Kara Cressman
Set Decoration
John Foster
Director of Photography
Jed Alpert
Executive Producer
Heidi Bettini
Associate Producer
George Pezyos
Executive Producer
Details.
Wiki.
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 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" (published in his collection of stories, Three Evenings). The two would later collaborate again on Signs and Wonders.
Starring David Suchet (who reportedly added 40 pounds for his role), 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.