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All We Imagine as Light
Payal Kapadia’s Cannes Grand Prix-winning portrait of three women is a transcendent tale of love and sisterhood.
Director: Payal Kapadia
Overview
Prabha is a hardworking nurse whose husband moved abroad shortly after their arranged marriage. Anu, her younger roommate and colleague at the nearby hospital, has a secret relationship with a Muslim man. The widowed Parvati, to whom Prabha lends a sympathetic ear, is being pressured by property developers to leave her home.
This trio's lives intertwine with soulful grace in Payal Kapadia's wondrous feature, one that portrays the unspoken layers of yearning and isolation of big city life. She is the first Indian filmmaker to win the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival, while Sight and Sound crowned All We Imagine as Light the Best Film of 2024.
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