Silent Light

Silent Light

  • Director: Carlos Reygadas
  • Countries of origin: Mexico, France, Netherlands, Germany
  • Language: Low German, Spanish, French, English
  • Release date: October 12, 2007
  • Sound mix: Dolby, Dolby Digital
  • Aspect ratio: 2.35 : 1
  • Also known as: 寂靜之光
  • "Silent Light" is a feature film directed by Carlos Reygadas Castillo , starring Cornelio Wall, Miriam Toyos, and Maria Pancras . It was held in France on May 22, 2007 for the 60th edition. Premiere at the Cannes International Film Festival.
    The film tells the story of a Mennonite community in northern Mexico. The husband, Qiaohan, is suffering from an extramarital affair, so he tries his best to overcome moral contradictions and hopes to return to obedience   .

    Top cast

    Details

    • Release date October 12, 2007
    • Filming locations Chihuahua, Mexico
    • Production companies Mantarraya Producciones, No Dream Cinema, Bac Films

    Box office

    Budget

    €980,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $60,200

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $11,967

    Gross worldwide

    $877,577

    Movie reviews

     ( 14 ) Add reviews

    • By Christelle 2022-01-24 08:02:07

      forget

      Rhythm is a very mysterious thing.
      So when the camera was pulled open in the TV at a surprisingly slow speed, I started to get it closer. It was
      like needing to repeatedly fight against emotions that the body couldn’t control but couldn’t. Abandon, you can't refuse a father of 6 children, who will fall in love with another woman irretrievably. You can't even say that such a mediocre father, such a tall woman with a hunchback, such a love affair.
      They are just for People come to...

    • By Angel 2022-01-24 08:02:07

      Not a movie review

      The vast grassland, the lonely tree, the night falls, and the stars are a little bit starry. The husband and wife had a very peaceful and happy life, men farming and women weaving, as well as their 6 children. After eating, the wife took all the children outside and told her husband before leaving, "You can stay by yourself for a while." "I love you" "I love you too". Even with that, he just kissed her hand, not her lips. Then he sat alone at the empty dining table, for a long time, finally...

    • By Sylvester 2022-01-24 08:02:07

      Biba and Babi

      When Jia Zheng asked why the word Baoyu Tianran was wrong, Baoyu’s answer was the same as my evaluation of this film: "The ancients said that the four words'natural pictures' are not just the ground but the strong ground, not the mountain. Being strong is a mountain, even though everything is fine, it is not suitable in the end...".

      I guess the Third World must have a gulf of beauty for European and American art film festivals. Japan used to be, then Iran, then Taiwan, China, India,...

    • By Lonzo 2022-01-24 08:02:07

      The need for boredom

      This movie has been on the hard drive, and I was a little scared to watch it, because I knew it was "boring", but after finally plucking up the courage to watch it, I felt fortunate for myself.

      In fact, the movie only tells a story about an extremely ordinary extramarital affair. If you let Hollywood make it, it would be a bad movie, because Hollywood can't be bored. And this piece has to be stuffy, it can't be so beautiful if it's not stuffy.

      I can’t stand boring movies...

    • By Jedidiah 2022-01-24 08:02:07

      Don't be too far away from god

      The blues were

      dark, and faded quietly from the night. At dawn, the sun rises from a distance, and the seven-color neon derived from the light stretches to the left and right sides of the sky, and then, one after another, the singing of insects, birds, rain and dew The sound of the sun and the woods, like the water bursting a bank, quickly jumped out of the screen, and then, a burst of sound higher than a burst of sound from the ground sounded in the dreamy sky... The...

    User comments

      ( 87 ) Add comments

    • By Makenzie 2023-09-23 08:43:04

      Neither Bresson nor Dreyer could be seen, but he was attracted by the long shots and the torrential rain with natural sound effects. I still don’t know how to interpret religious literary films under modern photography, but the ghostly moment of the resurrection of the dead reminds me of “The Adventures of Angelica”. Perhaps, the director made my love for him stay in his debut novel with both talent and ambition...

    • By Melba 2023-09-08 11:18:06

      She used to be so happy that she felt that she belonged to this world, and then she cried bitterly again and truly integrated into the...

    • By Andrew 2023-05-24 09:25:15

      A devout religious film about mistakes, atonement, forgiveness, and miracles. The subtlety of the film is that the director hides God in the distant nature, and God witnesses everything from a sublime...

    • By Rosemary 2023-03-21 14:46:39

      After watching "Stellet licht", Mexican director Carlos Reygadas paid tribute to the 1955 Danish film "Ordet Words"~~ I especially like the opening and closing of the story. The two trees are like the curtain of the stage, the sun is slowly unfolding, and the sun is closing quietly. A peaceful village, a peaceful traditional religious family, an undercurrent of extramarital affairs ~ Peace and love, which is more important? Passionate love, god's doing or devil's doing Follow your heart or...

    • By Laverna 2023-02-25 03:41:12

      before giving that...

    Movie plot

    There is a Mennonite community in northern Mexico, which belongs to a branch of Protestant Christianity, has its own education system and strict system, and rejects all modern things. As for adultery and divorce, they are absolutely prohibited. Husband Qiaohan and his wife Esther live in a house in the suburbs. At this time, they are sitting with the children for breakfast. Everyone just ate quietly, then Esther bid farewell to the...
    more about Silent Light Movie plot

    Evaluation action

    Although some shots in "Silent Light" are particularly poetic, it is difficult for the audience to penetrate into the emotional world of the characters  (Comment on "Variety Show") .
    The success of "Silent Light" lies in the fact that director Carlos Reygadas Castillo not only presents acute moral issues, but also has a poetic description of human emotions. There are too many long shots in the film, the pictures are simple and...
    more about Silent Light Evaluation action