All We Imagine As Light (15)
2024 France, India, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Italy
Dir. Payal Kapadia
For our final film of 2024 we’ve picked the best!
This is the first film from India to compete in the main Cannes Film Festival competition since 1994, and it won the Grand Prix this year. It has also topped the Sight and Sound list of the best 50 films of 2024.
On the one hand the film is a drama about three strong women who work together as nurses and, on the other hand, it’s an homage to the night-time, frantic yet romantic ‘city of dreams’ Mumbai when people feel the urges they displace during daylight hours.
Prabha is straight-laced and yearns for her husband who works in Germany. Outgoing Anu is having a secret affair with a Muslim boy. One day, Prabha and Anu receive a modern rice cooker from an unknown sender…
‘A glorious film’ The Guardian, ‘A gorgeous achievement in every way’ The Telegraph, ‘Few films have ever so beautifully captured the lonesome romance of Mumbai after dark’ Variety
