Prabha, Anu and Parvaty are employees at a hospital in Mumbai. They grapple daily with the opportunities and hardships of existence in the city.
Balancing an immersive verité style with a touch of the surreal, Payal Kapadia’s Cannes Grand Prix-winning drama captures the many shades of working-class life in Mumbai. The result is a profound and deeply humanist meditation on urban migration and dislocation.
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“Just two features into her young career, Kapadia has established her rare talent for finding passages of exquisite poetry within the banal blank verse of everyday Indian life.”Variety
“The beats of All We Imagine as Light are calibrated with hypnotic grace creating a rhythm that induces pure pleasure”IndieWire
"A magical ode to nocturnal Mumbai"BBC Culture
"This is a glorious film"The Guardian