The Hanging Sun: Interviews collection & New Pictures

written by Ana on 03 January 2023

Even though The Hanging Sun wasn’t heavily promoted, we managed to find a few interviews and combined them all in this post. Join Jessica as Lea in this adaptation on Sky. Some of them aren’t available anymore or changed names, but here is a list of the ones currently available to watch: The Hanging Sun, Backstage; Il Giornale D’Italia; DIRE; Lea; Caleb.

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Also over the gallery added new on set pictures as well as new production stills and promotional pictures from The Hanging Sun! Let’s hope we can have access to the movie soon 😉

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VOGUE.IT: The sun never sets in his thriller noir with Alessandro Borghi and Jessica Brown Findlay

written by Ana on 26 September 2022

Shot in Norway and based on the novel of the same name by Jo Nesbø, here is “The Hanging Sun – Midnight Sun” told by the protagonists: Alessandro Borghi and Jessica Brown Findlay

Alessandro Borghi is John, a man who runs away from a troubled past and a life of crime. Jessica Brown Findlay is Lea, a woman who lives in the shadow of an abusive husband (for whose disappearance she is held responsible) and an oppressive father. They are the protagonists of The Hanging Sun – Midnight Sun , the film directed by Francesco Carrozzini who, after making his directorial debut in 2016 filming Franca: Chaos and creation (the documentary dedicated to his mother Franca Sozzani , historical director of Vogue Italia), he shot his fiction film starting with Midnight Sun , one of Jo Nesbø ‘s most introspective and dark novels .

The two characters are complex, tormented, marked by a path of suffering and trapped in a present contaminated by a dark past. The film – which after closing the Venice Film Festival out of Competition on Saturday 10 September, will only be in cinemas from 12 to 14 September (it will soon arrive on Sky Cinema) – will show us if there will be a redemption for their destinies. We talked about this with the two actors, two completely different characters : he Roman, extroverted, impulsive, she English, attentive, measured.

What did you like about this story?

Jessica Brown Findlay – The characters: they are two people who observe, do not judge and who have the courage to be in conflict with the rules of the world in which they grew up and in which they do not find themselves. And then the setting: total tranquility, the profound silence of the place where history comes to life.

Alessandro Borghi – I read the book after agreeing to participate in the project. But the gestation of the film started some time before and had a lot to do with my relationship with Francesco. We met 7 years ago in London, on the set of a photographic campaign, then we met in Los Angeles and then in Venice. And during all this time we talked, chatted, discovering a sharing of values ​​and a sense of Italianness that united us. Two years ago, during a brunch in Venice, Francesco told me about The Hanging Sunwarning me that he had already decided the cast, all English. The next day, however, she calls me and tells me: “I’ve decided that I have to do this film with you”. I, displaced, of course I accepted. And from here began a long creative and emotional process that we carried out together. The film is very different from the book: it is a more psychological thriller than the novel. A project in which Francesco and I have made our friendship available.

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The Hanging Sun – First sneak peek

written by Ana on 15 August 2022

Lea has finally been seen on the first sneak peek of The Hanging Sun which will have it’s premiere on Biennale 2022 in September. The movie has the running time of 93 minutes and has Alessandro Borghi, Jessica Brown Findlay, Sam Spruell, Frederick Schmidt, Raphael Vicas, Peter Mullan, Charles Dance as part of the cast.

The movie is about a former employer on the run when a reluctant hitman seeks refuge in an isolated village where he is faced with events that test the true nature of his conscience.

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‘The Hanging Sun’ – Promotional Stills & On Set photos

written by Ana on 09 October 2021

Jessica plays Lea in The Hanging Sun to be released by Sky. The filming started this past month, and the first look has already been released! Enjoy the first two production stills from the movie. According to Alessandro Borghi instagram page, the filming has wrapped yesterday and he shared a few on set pictures! Check them all in out gallery:

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Sky Original presents ‘The Hanging Sun’

written by Ana on 07 September 2021

Our Jessie has been added to the casting list for a new project called The Hanging Sun which will be distributed by Sky Original.

The filming will start this month, September, in Norway, and will be directed by Francesco Carrozini, written by Stefano Bises and as photographer Nicolaj Bruel. Among the main cast is Alessandro Borghi, and Sam Spruell. It is based on the book ‘Midnight Sun’ by Jo Nesbo.

“The Hanging Sun” is a noir thriller set in the rarefied atmosphere of the Norwegian summer where the sun never sets, life and death intertwine, past and present overlap. John (Alessandro Borghi) is on the run. He finds shelter in the thick of the forest, near an isolated village in the far north, where religion dominates, the sun never sets and people seem to belong to another era. Between him and her fate there are only Lea (Jessica Brown Findlay), a woman in trouble but with great strength, and her son Caleb, a curious child with a pure heart. As the midnight sun blurs reality and imagination, John will have to face the tragic past that haunts him.

Director Francesco Carrozzini said: “My first film is a dream come true. The journey to get there was a long one, but I was accompanied by a wonderful group of creatives who love cinema as much as I do”

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