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Tartan not ‘Silent’ about loving Reygadas

Its been a match made in 'Heaven' for Tartan Films and auteur Mexican filmmaker – the U.K company's U.S distribution arm has been supporting Carlos Reygadas from the very start with Japon and Battle in Heaven. Screen Daily reports that this logical union continues with  the filmmaker's lkeast controlverisal but moist hailed film – one that won awards commencing at Cannes and continuing till this day.

Silent Light (Luz Silenciosa) takes place in the Chihuaha state, community of Mennonites. Johan, married to Esther, with seven sons from her, has been having a passionate love affair with Marianne for 2 years. Deciding between two lives, and between two women, is impossibile. He opens his heart to his friend, Zacaris and to his father, a preacher, who sees it as the devil’s work. Neverthless, both of them support him, pity him. And envy him.

Silent Light by Carlos Reygadas (Trailer) (Stellet Litcht)

Posted Jun 26, 2007

SILENT LIGHT WINNER OF THE JURY PRIZE IN CANNES FILM FESTIVAL 2007.


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Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).

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