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Article: Award-winning film worthy of accolades
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- Canadian Mennonite
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- December 17, 2007
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Award-winning film worthy of accolades
Stellet Licht (Silent Light). Written and directed by Carlos Reygadas.
A Mexican-French-Dutch co-production, 2007.
REVIEWED BY VIC THIESSEN
Silent Light by Mexican director Carlos Reygadas won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year, and was one of the featured highlights of the London Film Festival last month. Residents of the London (England) Mennonite Centre were invited to see the film and we were not disappointed.
From its lingering opening shot of a beautiful sunrise to the extended sunset that closes the film, Silent Light is a slowpaced, thoughtful film that is best appreciated as a work of art. In this case, the work of ...