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The Box of Sun (French: La boîte à soleil) is a Canadian film, directed by Jean Pierre Lefebvre and released in 1988. Told without dialogue, the film is set in a surreal fantasy world in which the sun has been blocked from the sky, but a group of children have access to a source of light hidden in the forest; it stars Arsinée Khanjian as a young woman who seeks out the children for their help in reviving her lover (Atom Egoyan).

The film premiered at the 1988 Festival of Festivals.

References

1. Gerald Pratley, A Century of Canadian Cinema. Lynx Images, 2003. ISBN 1-894073-21-5. p. 29.
2. Ronald Foley Macdonald, "Jean Pierre Lefebvre's La boîte à soleil/The Box of Sun". Cinema Canada, January 1989.
3. Rick Groen, "Film festival features Milk and Honey". The Globe and Mail, July 20, 1988.

External links

• The Box of Sun at IMDb

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