All We Imagine as Light

critic Reviews

, 100% Certified Fresh Tomatometer Score
  • Capturing the here and now of modern India with the spontaneity of a candid photograph, All We Imagine as Light is a lustrous achievement that announces Payal Kapadia as an essential filmmaker.
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    Odie HendersonBoston Globe
    This is a very patient movie, filled with equally patient performances, lyrical camerawork and some stunning images of its characters residing within the frame. Kapadia’s screenplay builds fleshed out characters, even in the supporting roles.
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    Peter TraversABC News
    In her first fiction feature, documentarian Payal Kapadia brings a poetic profundity to this 
cinematic spellbinder about female sisterhood in a big city (Mumbai) full of societal, economic and political pressures that can force out intimacy and dreams


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    Stephen RomeiThe Australian
    This film plumbs the extraordinary emotions that hum and throb through ordinary life.
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    Sandra HallSydney Morning Herald
    We’re well into the film when Kapadia delivers her biggest surprise, breaking one of conventional screenwriting’s cardinal rules by switching the setting and essentially dividing the film into two halves. What’s more, it works.
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    Bill GoodykoontzArizona Republic
    This is a film of moments that stay with you.
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    Ty BurrWashington Post
    “All We Imagine as Light” is the kind of movie one experiences in solitude even when sharing it with others. As with dwellers in a great metropolis, it makes strangers and accomplices of us all.
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    Farah ChededFilm Daze
    Settling into All We Imagine As Light‘s warm, generous gaze is easy — it’s leaving it that’s difficult.
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    Filipe FreitasAlways Good Movies
    All We Imagine as Light is a soothing balm amidst the chaotic rhythms of modern Mumbai, offering a gentle meditation on life's complexities.
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    Frank SwietekOne Guy's Opinion
    Extraordinary for its mixture of harsh realism and ethereal beauty in depicting both the experience of women in India’s modern cities and the religious sectarianism that pervades the society.
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    Louisa MooreScreen Zealots
    This beautifully crafted film offers a fresh perspective on the power of connection, the complexity of relationships, and the unspoken (and unbreakable) bond between women.
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