Powerful, disturbing, excruciatingly honest and occasionally hilarious, HEAT AND SUNLIGHT is an extraordinary film from Rob Nilsson, one of America's most important independent filmmakers.
It focuses on the final 16 hours of a collapsing love affair that begins on the eve of the 40th birthday of Mel Hurley (Nilsson), a photojournalist who returns to San Francisco after an assignment, expecting to be met by his dancer-choreographer girlfriend, Carmen (Consuelo Faust). Her failure to
appear confirms his suspicions that she is having an affair. Consumed by jealousy, Mel begins to withdraw into himself, periodically flashing back 17 years to his impassioned attempts...
Released:
1988
Rated:
NR
Length:
98 mins