Original name: Ghostlight
English name: Ghostlight
Year: 2024
Run time: 115 minutes
Language: English
Type (Colour/ Black & white): Colour
Country: USA
Director: Kelly O'Sullivan, Alex Thompson
Producer: Ian Keiser, Alex Wilson, Pierce Cravens, Eddie Linker, Chelsea Krant, Alex Thompson
Cast: Keith Kupferer, Katherine Mallen Kupferer, Tara Mallen, Dolly De Leon
Screenplay: Kelly O'Sullivan
Cinematographer: Luke Dyra
Editor: Mike Smith
Sound Designer: Tom Myers
Music Composer: Quinn Tsan
Costume Designer: Michelle Bradley
Production Designer: Linda Lee
Production Company: A Little Engine Picture, Runaway Train
World Sales: Visit Films
Kelly O'Sullivan is a writer, director and actor. She wrote and starred in Saint Frances which premiered at SXSW and won a Special Jury Prize for "Breakthrough Voice" and the Audience Award for Narrative Feature. Saint Frances, released by Oscilloscope Laboratories, is one of the most acclaimed independent films of 2020. Kelly received a Gotham Award nomination for Breakthrough Actor, a John Cassavetes nomination from the Independent Spirit Awards and was also named one of Filmmaker Magazine's "25 New Faces of Independent Film."
Alex Thompson is a writer, director and producer based in Chicago. His debut feature, Saint Frances, premiered at the '19 SXSW Film Festival and won the Grand Jury prize for "Breakthrough Voice" and the Audience Award.
When melancholic construction worker Dan finds himself drifting from his wife and daughter, he discovers community and purpose in a local theater's production of Romeo and Juliet. As the drama onstage starts to mirror his own life, he and his family are forced to confront a personal loss.