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The Sun Is Also a Star

6.9 (634 votes)• 2019• 100m•Released

Romance Drama

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Two young New Yorkers begin to fall in love over the course of a single day, as a series of potentially life-altering meetings loom over their heads - hers concerning her family’s deportation to Jamaica, and his concerning an education at Dartmouth.

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Languages: English

Director: Ry Russo-Young

Starring Cast: Yara Shahidi, Charles Melton, Hill Harper, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Jake Choi, John Leguizamo

Cast

Yara Shahidi

Natasha Kingsley

Charles Melton

Daniel Jae Ho Bae

Hill Harper

Lester Barnes

Gbenga Akinnagbe

Samuel Kingsley

Jake Choi

Charlie Bae

John Leguizamo

Jeremy Martinez

Anais Lee

Young Natasha

Miriam A. Hyman

Patricia Kingsley

Jordan Williams

Peter Kingsley

Keong Sim

Dae Hyun Bae

Cathy Shim

Min Soo Bae

Shamika Cotton

Hannah

Camrus Johnson

Omar Hassabala

Harry Chambarry

Angry Passenger

Tash Neal

Guitarist

Donna Hayes

Jamaican Market Woman

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