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'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 & 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.

Cast



* Arnold BarkusAndy

* Jared HarrisRay

* Bahman SoltaniAbram

* Willis Burks IISelwyn (as Willis Burks)

* Joseph SirolaJoe Subalowsky (as Joe Sirola)

* Henry HaywardSam

* Kevin ThigpenDavid

* Chen Tsun KitHimself

* Lisa HarrowMadeleine Vesey

* Larry PineBen Vesey

* Yeon Joo KimSuky Vesey

* Fran CapoJudy, Madeleine's Friend

* Spencer PatersonJohnny O

* Joe GrifasiScottie Elster

* Jimmy Broadwayhimself

* David SuchetOliver/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 (his 2004 'Mondovino' was in competition for the Palme d'Or) and was also included in The Museum of Modern Art's New Directors/New Films Festival.

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