The opening scene of All We Imagine As Light immediately establishes a world where reality and dream bleed into one another. An elderly patient recounts seeing her deceased husband watching over her in the evenings while she remains absorbed in Mr. Bachchan’s speech on TV. But in her vision, the man she once knew is incomplete—only an upper torso, without legs. It is an image that lingers, spectral and unsettling, evoking a sense of magical realism reminiscent of Midnight’s Children,…
