Silent Light (15)
Director: Carlos Reygadas
Starring: Cornelio Wall Fehr, Miriam Toews, Maria Pankratz
Mexico/France/Netherlands, 2006, 2 hours 7 minutes, subtitles
Saturday 12 April 4.00pm
Sunday 13 3.30pm
The Courtyard Hereford
Sunday 13 April 7.30pm
Ludlow Assembly Rooms
A visual tour de force, this contemplative study of spiritual crisis among Mexico's Mennonites confirms Reygadas (Japon, Battle in Heaven) as one of the most interesting directors in the world. Stolid farmer Johan is torn between his wife and family and the woman he loves. The almost ethnographic observation of the Mennonite community's daily rituals makes the spiritual moments even more moving and effective.
"Rivetingly beautiful... powerfully dramatic... truly extraordinary... a sensuous and compassionate experience" Sight & Sound
Winner Jury Prize Cannes Film Festival 2007