Film Details:
Silent Light (Stellet Licht) (15)
Drama(2006)
136mins Mex/Fr/Neth
Director: Carlos Reygadas
Starring: Cornelio Wall Fehr, Miriam Toews, Maria Pankratz
Shot on location in the Mexican Mennonite community near Chihuahua, this meditation on love and loyalty opens with a striking shot of dawn breaking over a barren landscape. The story revolves around husband Johan, who falls hopelessly in love with Marianne. Wrestling with his feelings, Johan contemplates the repercussions for his dutiful wife Esther and for his friends and neighbours if he decides to follow his heart and terminate the marriage.