Silent Light
2007 · Movie · 136 min · ★ 6.8 · 84% critics
In a secluded Mennonite community in northern Mexico, a devoted husband and father finds himself drawn into a forbidden romance that clashes with his faith and family life. As he tries to reconcile desire, duty, and guilt, the quiet routines of the farm become charged with painful moral choices.
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Details
- Original title
- Luz silenciosa
- Years
- 2007
- Release date
- 2007-05-22
- Language
- Spanish
- Runtime
- 136 min
- Critic score
- 84/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 (124 votes)
About
You may like this if you’re drawn to slow, contemplative dramas about faith, guilt, and complicated love, with a quiet, immersive feel; Not for you if you need fast pacing or constant plot turns, like in 303 or Frantz.
Pros: haunting, meditative mood; beautiful landscapes; thought-provoking moral conflict | Cons: very slow pace; minimal dialogue; long runtime
Themes
- mexico
- village life
- peasant
- family's daily life
- courtly life
- mennonites
- parallel world
Awards & recognition
- International Submission to the Academy Awards · 2008 · nominated
Cast & crew
- CW
Cornelio Wall
as Johan
Miriam Toews
as Esther
- MP
Maria Pankratz
as Marianne
- PW
Peter Wall
as Padre
- JK
Jacobo Klassen
as Zacarias
- EF
Elizabeth Fehr
as Madre
- IT
Irmo Thiessen
as Sara
- AT
Alfredo Thiessen
as Alfredo
- DT
Daniel Thiessen
as Daniel
- AL
Autghe Loewen
as Autghe
Directed by Carlos Reygadas