The Sun Is Also a Star

May 16, 2019

1h 40m

★ 7.0

Love is a universe all of its own

Overview

Two young New Yorkers begin to fall in love over the course of a single day, as a series of potentially life-altering meetings loom over their heads - hers concerning her family’s deportation to Jamaica, and his concerning an education at Dartmouth.

Genres

Romance

Drama

Production Companies

Alloy Entertainment

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Warner Bros. Pictures

The Sun Is Also a Star Trailers

Cast

Natasha Kingsley

Yara Shahidi

Daniel Jae Ho Bae

Charles Melton

Lester Barnes

Hill Harper

Samuel Kingsley

Gbenga Akinnagbe

Charlie Bae

Jake Choi

Jeremy Martinez

John Leguizamo

Young Natasha

Anais Lee

Patricia Kingsley

Miriam A. Hyman

Peter Kingsley

Jordan Williams

Dae Hyun Bae

Keong Sim

Min Soo Bae

Cathy Shim

Hannah

Shamika Cotton

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