Night Has Settled (2014)
90 min
In 1983, Oliver Nicholas, at thirteen, is well-poised to enter the precocious teenage world of first-sex, vodka and possible-love in New York City when he is traumatized by the stroke of his housekeeper (and only true maternal figure), a sixty-five-year-old Chilean woman named Aida. What was supposed to be an exhilarating and somewhat fearful rite of passage - diving into the exciting, fast-paced world of first experiences - quickly becomes skewed by an incomprehensible depression, and a house of interior horrors. Surrounded by women - his untraditional, Spanish, photographer mother (more interested in the role of confidante than mother) his sister, a comedic, door-slamming tormentor, marked by her parent's divorce; and Aida, his silver-haired emotional focal point on the verge of death in Lenox Hill Hospital - Oliver struggles to maintain his role as "man of the house" and his sanity.
- Release date
- February 1, 2014
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Pilar López de Ayala as Luna Nicholas
- Spencer List as Oliver Nicholas
- Nicholas Pinto as High School Student
- Adriana Barraza as Aida
- Raul Pinto Jr. as Student
- Eric Nelsen as Valerio
- Courtney Baxter as Adriana Nicholas
- Tommy Nelson as Nick
- Heather Braverman as Lila
- Emmett Rahn-Oakes as Billy B
Crew
- Steve Clark · Director
- Steve Clark · Writer
- Steve Clark · Producer
- Carlos Velazquez · Producer
- Tony Morales · Composer
- Adolfo Doring · Cinematographer
- Melody London · Editor
- Stephanie Holbrook · Casting director
- Sophie Tabet · Production designer