All We Imagine 2024 Light as MULTI.x265 𝙳𝚘𝚠𝚗𝚕𝚘𝚊𝚍 via 𝚃𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝 Tibi

13/39

In Mumbai, nurse Prabha’s routine is disrupted when she receives an unexpected gift from her ex-husband. Her younger roommate, Anu, tries in vain to find a place in the city where she can be intimate with her boyfriend… Director Payal Kapadia and the cast of All We Imagine As Light team up to share the most touching reactions from Cannes and more! The first Indian film to win the prestigious Grand Prix at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, this film dramatizes the many challenges faced by single women living in Mumbai and highlights their resilience. All the women are nurses at the same hospital, but that’s where the similarities end, as each has their own problems and, you might say, solutions. Desire, fear, regret and stale patience are emotions that constantly alternate as the plot quietly unfolds. Perhaps the greatest asset is the script, which offers unusually rich and thoughtful dialogue between the characters. The amount of action in the plot seems enough to provide a scaffolding for conversations where people have room to be unusually honest and unguarded with each other, even when they are lying or posing. The acting is uniformly excellent and lives up to the writing – there are no false notes, though there are some irritating loose ends. The photography and editing are also quite good at creating a reflective and somewhat detached atmosphere, complemented by the quiet intensity of the characters’ interactions. The detachment is accentuated at several points where the film seems to contain documentary elements or certainly creates that kind of feeling. I didn’t always like the music and how it was evoked, but this is a minor conundrum that many may not like. I take issue with another reviewer’s claim that this film was intended as “awards bait.” In my opinion, there is too much heart and sincerity in this film to be labeled cynical or manipulative – certainly no more so than any other film that attempts to tell an important story in a compelling and beautiful way. And this film carries many risks that I cannot imagine taking in an increasingly sectarian and puritanical India. I highly recommend “All We Imagine Is Light.”

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