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  • Janus Films
  • 1 h 50 m
  • Janus Films
  • 1 h 50 m
All We Imagine as Light

Summary 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.

Directed By: Payal Kapadia

Written By: Payal Kapadia

  • Janus Films
  • 1 h 50 m
  • Janus Films
  • 1 h 50 m

All We Imagine as Light

Metascore Universal Acclaim Based on 11 Critic Reviews
93
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Summary 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.

Directed By: Payal Kapadia

Written By: Payal Kapadia

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Universal Acclaim Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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Universal Acclaim Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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100
May 28, 2024
Poignantly lyrical as a city symphony, it branches out for a sequel, when the characters abscond to the coast to figure out what to do: at once a respite and a reckoning, ghostly and mysterious.
By Tim Robey FULL REVIEW
100
May 24, 2024
Just two features into her young career, Kapadia has established her rare talent for finding passages of exquisite poetry within the banal blank verse of everyday Indian life.
By Jessica Kiang FULL REVIEW
100
May 24, 2024
The beats of All We Imagine as Light are calibrated with hypnotic grace creating a rhythm that induces pure pleasure.
By Sophie Monks Kaufman FULL REVIEW
91
May 24, 2024
Kapadia’s gentle voice disguises her subversive spirit.
By Ankit Jhunjhunwala FULL REVIEW
90
May 24, 2024
There’s plenty of sadness here, but also lots of humor and female camaraderie.
By Jordan Mintzer FULL REVIEW
88
May 28, 2024
Writer-director Payal Kapadia has created an exceptional document of a city and its people.
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70
May 24, 2024
[Kapadia’s] delicate touch remains very much the same, as she offers a gentle but clear critique of the challenges faced by women in India today.
By Clarence Tsui FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Petit Chaos, Chalk and Cheese Films, BALDR Film, Les Films Fauves, Another Birth, Arte France Cinéma, Pulpa Film, L'Aide aux Cinémas du Monde, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Institut Français, Eurimages, Nederlands Filmfonds, Programme Hubert Bals Fund+Europe, Luxembourg Film Fund, Torino Film Lab, Creative Europe Media, Visions Sud Est, Ciclic-Region Centre-Val de Loire, Hubert Bals Fund, Fondation GAN pour le Cinéma
Duration 1 h 50 m
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Tagline When you try to imagine light you cannot
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Awards

Cannes Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Sydney Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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