“Night Always Comes,” a thriller starring Vanessa Kirby set against the backdrop of the housing crisis
Lynette must find a large sum of money or face eviction from the house where she lives with her brother and mother. “Night Always Comes,” released on Netflix on August 15, is a social-conscious thriller by Benjamin Caron. The American press received it well, particularly praising the performance of the lead actress, Vanessa Kirby.
The viewer can sense Lynette's weariness from the moment she wakes up. And the fact that she's listening to the news about the US housing crisis, between voicemails from her creditors, doesn't help. The protagonist of Night Always Comes, released on Netflix this August 15, is about to be evicted from her house due to unpaid debts. “Lynette ( Vanessa Kirby ) lives with Doreen (Jennifer Jason Leigh), her terribly irresponsible, unstable mother, and Kenny (Zack Gottsagen), her older brother, who has Down syndrome,” summarizes The New York Times . She juggles three jobs, as a bartender, a bakery worker, and a sex worker.
She and her mother managed to raise enough money to begin the process of buying their house from the landlord. But Doreen didn't show up for the appointment arranged to do so, and instead spent the deposit on a new car. Benjamin Caron's film follows Lynette over the course of a single night, "where she desperately strives to achieve the impossible: find $25,000 [€21,400]. She accosts a wealthy client, played by Randall Park, who laughs in her face when she mentions the amount she needs." Then she steals his car. This isn't
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