Synopsis
The light, the lives, and the textures of contemporary, working-class Mumbai are explored and celebrated by writer/director Payal Kapadia, who won the Grand Prize at this year’s Cannes Film Festival for her revelatory fiction feature debut. Centering on two roommates who also work together in a city hospital—head nurse Prabha and recent hire Anu—plus their coworker, cook Parvaty, Kapadia’s film alights on moments of connection and heartache, hope and disappointment. Prabha, her husband from an arranged marriage living in faraway Germany, is courted by a doctor at her hospital; Anu carries on a romance with a Muslim man, which she must keep a secret from her strict Hindu family; Parvaty finds herself dealing with a sudden eviction from her apartment.
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Movie Details
| Italy Releases: | October 10th, 2024 (Limited), released as All We Imagine as Light - Amore a Mumbai |
| Running Time: | 118 minutes |
| Keywords: | Cannes Film Festival 2024, Festival Acquisition |
| Source: | Original Screenplay |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Contemporary Fiction |
| Production Countries: | France, India, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands |
| Languages: | Hindi, Malayalam, Marathi |