All We Imagine as Light

Film details

Film TitleAll We Imagine as Light
Suitability
Genre
Length118mins
Year2024
CountryFrance, India, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands
DirectorPayal Kapadia
ActorsKani Kusruti, Divya Prabha, Chhaya Kadam, Hridhu Haroon, Azees Nedumangad, Tintumol Joseph, Anand Sami
LanguageHindi, Malayalam, Marathi
Showings

In Mumbai, Nurse Prabha’s routine is troubled when she receives an unexpected gift from her estranged husband. Her younger roommate, Anu, tries in vain to find a spot in the city to be intimate with her boyfriend. A trip to a beach town allows them to find a space for their desires to manifest.

A favourite for the Palme d’Or, it’s a less bold and flashily impressive film than some of the other contenders, but has an unforced subtlety that’s the match of any of them.

It is both dreamlike and like waking up from a dream. This is a glorious film.

Each shot by Ranabir Das in this gorgeous and absorbing film has been composed to have the skin-prickling effect of a photograph taken by someone with a deep and attentive care for their subject.