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2007 Certificate 15
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Silent Light is the latest breathtaking work from Carlos Reygadas, the controversial and prestigious director of the award-winning Battle in Heaven and Japón. Johan is the head of a family in a Mennonite community in northern Mexico. However, he goes against the law of both God and men by falling in love with another woman and, .. Read more

Starring Elizabeth Fehr, Jacobo Klassen, Maria Pankratz, Miriam Toews
Director Carlos Reygadas
Genres Drama, World Cinema

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Silent Light

Silent Light is the latest breathtaking work from Carlos Reygadas, the controversial and prestigious director of the award-winning Battle in Heaven and Japón. Johan is the head of a family in a Mennonite community in northern Mexico. However, he goes against the law of both God and men by falling in love with another woman and, although he is honest with his wife about the affair, his actions create conflict in their otherwise serine and tranquil existence.

Starring Elizabeth Fehr, Jacobo Klassen, Maria Pankratz, Miriam Toews, Cornelio Wall
Director Carlos Reygadas
Studio TARTAN
Run time DVD: 2 hrs 7 mins
Certificate Certificate 15
Collections New releases
Genres Drama, World Cinema
Language DVD: German
Subtitles DVD: English
Released DVD: 14 Apr 2008
Production year: 2007
Format DVD

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  • Reygadas third feature is again set in Mexico but this time among an austere Mennonite community of European... read more on Time Out

    • Dave Calhoun, 
    • Time Out
    • Posted 04 Nov 2008

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    silent light

    Please someone tell me what i am missing cause that was the most boring biggest pile of rubbish i have ever had the misfortune to watch.Did they actually get paid to make that,or is this a late april fool joke.ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh

      • tinkergirl from Andover
      • Posted 20 May 2008 01:18

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    Rated - 2 stars

    This film IS NOT in German as you know it but in Plautdietsch, which is a low German/Dutch dialect.

      • A customer from London
      • Posted 12 Nov 2008 20:21

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      Silent Light is the latest breathtaking work from Carlos Reygadas, the controversial and prestigious director of the award-winning Battle in Heaven and Japón. Johan is the head of a family in a Mennonite community in northern Mexico. However, he goes against the law of both God and men by falling ...