Light of My Life
2019 · Movie · R · 119 min · ★ 6.5 · 75% critics
A parent and child travel on the fringes of society years after a pandemic devastates the world. As danger and scarcity close in, the parent does everything possible to keep the child safe, testing their trust, resilience, and what humanity looks like when survival is never guaranteed.
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Details
- Years
- 2019
- Release date
- 2019-08-09
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 119 min
- Critic score
- 75/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 (579 votes)
- Box office
- $1,392,898
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a tense, emotional survival drama focused on a parent-child relationship in a post-pandemic world, in the vein of The Road; Not for you if you need fast action or clear answers.
Pros: intense parent-child bond; strong performances; gripping quiet tension | Cons: very slow pace; leaves questions unanswered; realism debated
Themes
- father daughter relationship
Cast & crew
Casey Affleck
as Dad
Anna Pniowsky
as Rag
Elisabeth Moss
as Mom
Tom Bower
as Tom
Timothy Webber
as Lemmy
Hrothgar Mathews
as Calvin
Thelonius Serrell-Freed
as Young Man
Jesse James Pierce
as Snow House Attacker #1
Tommy Clarke
as Snow House Attacker #2
- LC
Lloyd Cunningham
as Snow House Attacker #3
Directed by Casey Affleck