Silent Light Mexico / France / The Netherlands / Germany
2007, 142min.
Prod.: Carlos Reygadas, Jaime Romandia, Script/Dir.: Carlos Reygadas, Dir. of Phot.: Alexis Zabe, Prod. Design: Gerardo Tagle, Sound: Raul Locatelli, Edit.: Natalia Lցpez
Cast: Elizabeth Fehr, Jacobo Klassen, Maria Pankratz, Miriam Toews, Cornelio Wall Fehr, Peter Wall
Johan and his family are Mennonites in the North of Mexico. Against the law of God and men, Johan falls in love with another woman.
Awards
Jury Prize (Cannes 2007); The Gold Hugo (Chicago IFF 2007); FIPRESCI Prize (Rio de Janeiro IFF 2007); Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Sound, First Best Picture Prize, Grand Coral First Prize (Havana IFF ); Golden Ariel (Ariel Awards 2008, The Mexican Academy of Film Arts and Sciences)
Production Companies
Mantarraya Producciones
No Dream Cinema
| Reygadas, Carlos Carlos Reygadas (born 1971, Mexico City, Mexico)
After studying Law in Mexico, Carlos Reygadas (Alberto Castillo Asunsolo) specialized in Armed Conflicts in London and worked for the United Nations. In 1987 he discovered his filmic passion after watching Andrei Tarkovsky’s films. In 1997 Carlos participated in a film competition in Belgium with his first short film Maxhumain. Shortly after that, in 1999 he began writing the script for his first feature-legth film Japցn shot only in 2001. The film was presented at the Rotterdam FF and received a Special Mention of the Camռra d’Or award at the Cannes FF as well as the Coral Award of the Havana FF. In 2004 Reygadas produced the Sangre, directed by young filmmaker Amat Escalante. The film was presented at the Cannes Film Festival and won in the Un Certain Regard section. In 2005 Reygadas filmed Batalla en el Cielo (Battle in Heaven) assisted by Amat Escalante. It competed for the Palme d’Or at the Cannes IFF.
Filmography
Adult (1998); Prisoners (1999); Birds (1999); Super Human (Maxhumain, 1999); Japan (Japցn 2002); Battle in Heaven (Batalla en el cielo, 2005); Silent Light (Stellet licht, 2007).
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