Northlight PicturesFeature film
PaperLanterns
One night, borrowed from the rest of their lives.
A translator and a night-shift baker spend a single festival evening pretending to be the people they nearly became.
About
A translator and a night-shift baker spend a single festival evening pretending to be the people they nearly became. Shot on location over fourteen months, the result is intimate, patient and quietly devastating.
Cast
Anders VikLark
Freja LindqvistDetective Aya Serrano
Sasha KlineFather Solomon
Lucia FerranteJunie
Callum ReyesGovernor Sable
Noor HaddadThe Cartographer
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76%
Based on 3716 verified viewers · 97% critics
One of those where the last ten minutes rewrite the rest.
The kind of thing you finish and immediately want to talk about with someone.
Dagny S. · 6 Aug 2026
One of those where the last ten minutes rewrite the rest.
The kind of thing you finish and immediately want to talk about with someone.
Hana K. · 30 Jul 2026
One of those where the last ten minutes rewrite the rest.
The kind of thing you finish and immediately want to talk about with someone.
Juliette B. · 23 Jul 2026
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