The read
The series ran 1 season across 4 episodes and has finished, so there is no cliffhanger risk.
Synopsis
The Midnight Sun Film Festival is held every June in the Finnish village of Sodankylä beyond the arctic circle — where the sun never sets. Founded by Aki and Mika Kaurismäki along with Anssi Mänttäri and Peter von Bagh in 1985, the festival has played host to an international who’s who of directors and each day begins with a two-hour discussion. To mark the festival’s silver anniversary, festival director Peter von Bagh edited together highlights from these dialogues to create an epic four-part choral history of cinema drawn from the anecdotes, insights, and wisdom of his all-star cast: Coppola, Fuller, Forman, Chabrol, Corman, Demy, Kieslowski, Kiarostami, Varda, Oliveira, Erice, Rouch, Gilliam, Jancso — and 64 more. Ranging across innumerable topics (war, censorship, movie stars, formative influences, America, neorealism) these voices, many now passed away, engage in a personal dialogue across the years that’s by turns charming, profound, hilarious and moving.
Ratings
5 audience votes
Seasons
| 1 | Season 1 | 4 ep2010 |
Key crew
- Peter von BaghDirector
- Peter von BaghScreenplay
Cast
- Peter von BaghSelf - Narrator
- Robert ParrishSelf
- Roy Ward BakerSelf
- Víctor EriceSelf
- Francis Ford CoppolaSelf
- Samuel FullerSelf
- Sergio SollimaSelf
- Miloš FormanSelf
- John BoormanSelf
- Roger CormanSelf