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Silent Light

2007 · 136 min

A slow, quiet immersion into a man's moral crisis, with long takes and raw emotion that linger long after.

Directed by
Carlos Reygadas
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Cornelio Wall, Miriam Toews, Maria Pankratz
Overview
Johan and his family are Mennonites from the north of Mexico. Against the law of God and Man, Johan falls in love with another woman.

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Directed by
Carlos Reygadas
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Cornelio Wall, Miriam Toews, Maria Pankratz
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • faith
  • love
  • betrayal
  • guilt
  • family
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour1
Realism8
Romance6
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity7
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Carlos Reygadas
Written by
Carlos Reygadas
Starring
Cornelio Wall, Miriam Toews, Maria Pankratz, Peter Wall, Jacobo Klassen, Elizabeth Fehr, Irmo Thiessen, Alfredo Thiessen
Music
Jaime Baksht
Cinematography
Alexis Zabé
Runtime
136 min
Country
Mexico, Germany, France, Netherlands
Languages
English, French, Spanish, German

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