The Sun Is Also a Star
2019 teen drama film / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Sun Is Also a Star is a 2019 American teen romance film directed by Ry Russo-Young and written by Tracy Oliver, based on the young adult novel of the same name by Nicola Yoon. The film stars Yara Shahidi, Charles Melton, and John Leguizamo, and follows a young couple who fall in love, while one of their families faces deportation.
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Directed by | Ry Russo-Young |
Screenplay by | Tracy Oliver |
Based on | The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon |
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Cinematography | Autumn Durald |
Edited by | Joe Landauer |
Music by | Herdis Stefánsdóttir |
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Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $9 million[1] |
Box office | $6.8 million[2] |
It was theatrically released in the United States on May 17, 2019, by Warner Bros. Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures. The film received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $6.8 million worldwide.
The film made Charles Melton the first Korean-American and Asian-American actor to lead a teen romance film from a major Hollywood studio.[3]