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Light

2014 · 14 min

A quiet, heavy short that sits with a man's grief in a sterile hospital room, asking you to feel rather than follow plot.

Directed by
Yassmina Karajah
Starring
Ahmed Muslimani, Souad Karim, Tim O'Leary
Overview
Devastated by the death of his newborn son, Omar is challenged by his mother’s request that he performs religious pre-burial rituals in the confines of a hospital.

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Directed by
Yassmina Karajah
Starring
Ahmed Muslimani, Souad Karim, Tim O'Leary
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How it feels

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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • grief
    • faith
    • family
    • death
    • identity
    Places
    • hospital
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action0
    Horror0
    Humour0
    Realism8
    Romance0
    Tension4
    Darkness6
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight8

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    Details

    Directed by
    Yassmina Karajah
    Written by
    Yassmina Karajah
    Starring
    Ahmed Muslimani, Souad Karim, Tim O'Leary, Lennox Lloyd
    Runtime
    14 min
    Country
    Canada
    Languages
    English

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