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All We Imagine As Light

Directed by Payal Kapadia
2024
France
115 minutes
Unclassified 15+
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The first Indian film to appear in the Cannes Competition in 30 years, Payal Kapadia’s dreamy romantic drama follows two women in Mumbai who are thwarted in their quests for love but retain hope. Grand Prix Winner Cannes 2024.
In Mumbai, Nurse Prabha's routine is troubled when she receives an unexpected gift from her estranged husband. Her younger roommate, Anu, tries in vain to find a spot in the city to be intimate with her boyfriend. A trip to a beach town allows them to find a space for their desires to manifest.

Kapadia won the Golden Eye for Best Documentary at Cannes in 2021 for her hybrid film, A Night of Knowing Nothing. Here, in her first fiction film, she delivers on that great promise. Kapadia captures the city of Mumbai in an observational and dreamlike manner, revelling in the lives and dreams of two women in their search for love.
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This is a glorious film
★★★★★ Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian
Few films have ever so beautifully captured the lonesome romance of Mumbai after dark
Jessica Kiang, Variety
The beats of All We Imagine as Light are calibrated with hypnotic grace creating a rhythm that induces pure pleasure ... a sensual triumph
Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire
Moving and luminous
Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter

Tickets

Thu 13 Jun
6pm
State Theatre
Assisted Listening
Wheelchair
Subtitled
Past Event Cancel
Fri 14 Jun
3:05pm
State Theatre
Assisted Listening
Wheelchair
Subtitled
Past Event Cancel
Sun 16 Jun
6:15pm
Dendy Newtown - Cinema 2
Assisted Listening
Wheelchair
Subtitled
Past Event Cancel
Thu 20 Jun
6:15pm
Dendy Newtown - Cinema 1
Assisted Listening
Wheelchair
Subtitled
Past Event Cancel
Program Strand
Official Competition, Back By Popular Demand
Year
2024
Classification
Unclassified 15+
Country
France, India, Netherlands, Luxembourg
Language
In Malayalam and Hindi with English subtitles
Director
Payal Kapadia
Producer
Julien Graff, Thomas Hakim
Cast
Kani Kusruti, Divya Prabha, Chhaya Kadam
Screenwriter
Payal Kapadia
Cinematographer
Ranabir Das
Editor
Clément Pinteaux
Premiere
Australian Premiere
Genre
Women Directors, Focus on Women, Cannes Selected, Indian subcontinent
Company Credits
Australian Distributor: Rialto Distribution
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