DVD/Blu-ray: All We Imagine as Light

★★★★★ ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT Epic but intimate Cannes prize-winner, ripe for repeated viewings

Epic but intimate Cannes prize-winner, ripe for repeated viewings

All We Imagine as Light focuses on the lives of three women in contemporary Mumbai; as shown by director Payal Kapadia, the city is arguably the film’s fourth major character. Kapadia eschews convention, her metropolis painted in muted colours with dark skies and heavy rain a constant.

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