Midnight Sun (2018 film)

Midnight Sun
Theatrical release poster
Directed byScott Speer
Written byEric Kirsten
Based onA Song to the Sun
by Kenji Bando
Produced by
  • Jen Gatien
  • John Rickard
  • Zack Schiller
Starring
CinematographyKarsten Gopinath
Edited by
Music byNate Walcott
Production
companies
  • Boies / Schiller Film Group
  • Wrigley Pictures
Distributed byGlobal Road Entertainment
Release date
  • March 23, 2018 (2018-03-23)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2.8 million
Box office$27.4 million

Midnight Sun is a 2018 American romantic drama film based on the 2006 Japanese film A Song to the Sun. The film was directed by Scott Speer and written by Eric Kirsten, and stars Bella Thorne, Patrick Schwarzenegger, and Rob Riggle.

The story is about a teenaged girl with xeroderma pigmentosum (XP), a medical condition which prevents her from going out into sunlight. When she meets a boy, she struggles to decide whether to tell him about her condition or pretend to live a normal life.

Principal photography began on October 12, 2015, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The film was released in the United States on March 23, 2018.