All We Imagine As Light (DVD)

WINNER – GRAND PRIX DU JURY – FESTIVAL DE CANNES 2024

WINNER – BEST FILM – ASIAN FILM AWARDS 2025

A romantic everyday drama with ethereally beautiful snapshots of nurses in Mumbai and their love lives. The film depicts, in a gentle and intimate way, a close friendship between two women. How they try to find their place and a way to live on their own terms in the hectic metropolis of Mumbai. A trip to a coastal village gives the two women breathing space and an opportunity to realise their dreams in life. The characters and environments are depicted with sublime photography in a blue color palette during the monsoon rainy season and red tones during the dry season.

All We Imagine As Light has been praised by critics and shown at numerous festivals around the world. It won the Grand Prix du Jury in Cannes, the festival's second place after the Palme d'Or, and was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Director and Best Foreign Language Film. The American National Society for Film Critics awardedAll We Imagine As Light with the award for Best Foreign Film. Director and screenwriter Payal Kapadia has previously made the equally award-winning and acclaimed documentaryA Night of Knowing Nothing, about student life in her home country of India, which received the Golden Eye award at the Cannes Film Festival in 2021.

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6/6 "A perfect film" – SvD

* * * * * ”Poetic, magical, dreamlike, and at the same time socially realistic in a masterful combination…. It gets under your skin and makes you feel like you're there."

– KULTURBLOGGEN

* * * * "Dreamlike” –DN

”In the many dreamlike parts, your feelings and thoughts float in the air” – DN

* * * * "I am so moved." – C-G Carlsson, SVT Go’kväll

* * * * "Lovely” –GP

* * * * ”An exquisite experience…a romantic and beautifully shimmering film made of monsoon rain and oxygen.” -Kulturnytt P1

* * * * ”Övertygande” – Dagens Arena

* * * * ”Delightful and multifaceted” – Moviezine

”ÖA tender and multifaceted portrayal of three generations of women” – Moviezine

* * * * ”A gripping story about loneliness and the need for human contact” – Filmtopp

”Gripping” – Filmtopp

”One of last year's best” – FLM

”Magical realism, fantastic female portraits” – TV4

”Optimistic big city symphony” – UNT

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? ? ? ? ? ”Brilliant” – THE GUARDIAN

? ? ? ? ? ”Dazzlingly sensual and elegant” – LES INROCKUPTIBLES

? ? ? ? ? ”Magnificent” – LIBÉRATION

”Masterful, brilliant and uncompromising” – JOYSAUCE

”A cause for celebration” – THE NEW YORKER

”A tribute to finding joy in life, sometimes despite the circumstances” – FILM INQUIRY

”Every image carries magic, like garlands caressed by the sea breeze” – DAILY TELEGRAPH

”Unique” – Indiewire

”Grand” – Vanity Fair

”Exquisite” – Variety

Director: Payal Kapadia

Age rating: 7 år

Region: 2

Distributor: Studio S

Image: 16:9

Language: Malayalam

Text: Swedish

Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1

Length: 1 hour 52 min