Gastini also began her conversation by discussing why she was drawn to star in ‘Autumn Lights,’ and what she liked about the character of Marie, as well as the overall story. So we met on a similar playing field on what interested us as producers and filmmakers.” I went to USC film school, where I studied theater. That came from him attending NYU’s Tisch (School of the Arts). His understanding of so many different movies really makes the process that much more clear. That makes it more of a learning experience. In his collaboration with Aulakh as an actor, the performer discovered that the director has “incredible references that point you in the right direction. We have a strong foundation,” Kent further shared. We’re very close, and he’s someone who I very much trust. “But working with him in that actor-director relationship was very much the same. So that was me working with (Aulakh) as a producer. Those four projects were becoming more attuned to what we needed to get a film made. Knowing that they had to develop a project that they could realistically film, “we crafted a story that we knew we could get financed. Over the course of about nine months, we developed about four different scripts, with the last one being ‘Autumn Lights.’ We were very pragmatic about what we could do on our own as our first film,” the actor divulged. Initially explaining why he was interested in portraying David in the drama, Kent shared that “Angad and I, who’s the director of the film and also my producing partner, have been developing features together.
The two performers also explained how they used the rehearsal time they had together, as well as the experience of shooting the drama on location in Iceland, to their advantage as they related to their characters. Among other things, the actors discussed how they appreciated the approach Aulakh took to making ‘Autumn Lights,’ especially since he knew what he wanted to achieve, but also gave the actors the creative freedom they needed to approach their portrayals. Kent and Gastini generously took the time recently to talk about starring in, and producing, the independent drama during separate exclusive interviews over the phone and Skype, respectively. But as David truly gets to know the married couple, and realizes how deeply Marie and Jóhann truly love each other, after witnessing the jealousy that arises between the two following her flirtations, the more he realizes how he doesn’t fit into their world. As he meets their friends, he becomes even more interested in the seductive Marie, an Italian woman who moved into her husband’s home in his native Iceland. As he searches for ways to help pass the time while he waits to receive permission to travel home, he meets his neighbors, married couple Marie (Gastini) and Jóhann (Sveinn Ólafur Gunnarsson).ĭavid attends the parties that the couple holds at their stylish home. As a result, the local detective asks him to stay in the country until the investigation is complete. However, his peaceful oasis is soon interrupted when he discovers a woman’s body on the beach, following an apparent suicide. He decides to stay in their rented cabin on his own for awhile, so that he can focus on his work. ‘Autumn Lights’ follows David (Kent), an American photographer whose girlfriend ends their relationship while they’re vacationing in Iceland. The struggles Kent and Gastini embrace as their characters explore their new lifestyles can now be viewed, as ‘Autumn Lights’ is now available on VOD from Freestyle Digital Media. Joined by Italian actress, Marta Gastini, the trio helped create a captivating tale of how a person’s unfamiliar surroundings and situations can drive them to act in impassioned way, as they strive to find their new sense of purpose and place in society.
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Not only do the main characters of the new drama, ‘Autumn Lights,’ must learn how to immerse themselves in a remote region of Iceland as they strive to find a much needed serenity, but so do the main actors and filmmakers of the movie.įirst-time feature film writer, director and producer, Angad Aulakh, collaborated with a fellow American, actor-producer Guy Kent, to make the first Icelandic-American co-production to be shot and completed in Iceland. Engaging in a secluded environment in an overall unfamiliar culture can be a daunting prospect for many people as they embark on the latest phase of their lives.
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