Midnight Sun (2018 film)
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| Directed by | Scott Speer |
| Written by | Eric Kirsten |
| Based on | A Song to the Sun by Kenji Bando |
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| Cinematography | Karsten Gopinath |
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| Music by | Nate Walcott |
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| Distributed by | Global Road Entertainment |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| 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.