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Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of ...
: പ്രഭയായ് നിനച്ചതെല്ലം) is a 2024
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written and directed by Payal Kapadia. The cast includes
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,
Divya Prabha Divya Prabha is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Malayalam films and television serials. She has starred in the independent films '' Ariyippu'' (2022) and ''All We Imagine as Light'' (2024). Career Prabha started her career by d ...
,
Chhaya Kadam Chhaya Kadam is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Marathi and Hindi films. She has appeared in Nagraj Manjule films, '' Fandry'' (2013), ''Sairat'' (2016), and ''Jhund'' (2022), as well as in other Marathi films including ''Redu' ...
and Hridhu Haroon. Featuring
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,
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, and
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dialogue, it is an
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involving companies from France, India, Netherlands, Luxembourg and Italy. The film had its world premiere at the main competition of the 77th Cannes Film Festival on 23 May 2024, where it was nominated for the
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and won the
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. It was the first film from India to compete in the main competition since '' Swaham'' in 1994. It received a
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in
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, India, on 21 September 2024, before opening nationwide on 29 November 2024 to positive reviews. It topped the ''
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'' poll for best film of 2024 and was named one of the top five international films of 2024 by the
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. At the
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, the film received two nominations, for
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and
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. It was also nominated for the
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.


Plot

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Prabha and Anu are nurses living together in
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. Prabha is straitlaced and upright, and yearns for her husband who lives in
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and only came to
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once for a short
arranged marriage Arranged marriage is a type of Marriage, marital union where the bride and groom are primarily selected by individuals other than the couple themselves, particularly by family members such as the parents. In some cultures, a professional matchmaki ...
with her, but has not called her in over a year. Anu is more outgoing and is having a secret affair with a
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man named Shiaz. One day, Prabha and Anu receive a modern
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from an unknown sender; although the cooker is made in Germany. A doctor, Manoj, tries to seduce Prabha, but she rejects his advances, claiming her
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. Prabha tries to help Parvaty, the cook at their hospital, fight against a greedy
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who wants to demolish her
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to build a skyscraper. Unable to claim legal
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, Parvaty decides to quit her job and move back to her village near
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. Prabha and Anu travel with her, to help her relocate. Unbeknownst to Prabha and Parvaty, Shiaz has followed Anu. They secretly meet up, which Prabha discovers. Later they have sex. Meanwhile, Prabha rescues a middle-aged man from drowning by performing
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. While he is waiting for the local doctor, Prabha cleans and cares for him. She begins having a conversation with him, transforming him into her husband. He apologises for abandoning her and seeks her forgiveness, but she tells him that she does not want to see him ever again. That night, at a beach shack, Prabha asks a surprised Anu to invite Shiaz to sit with herself and Parvaty. They all chat happily, as the lights of the shack shine over them.


Cast

*
Kani Kusruti Kani Kusruti is an Indian actress known primarily for her work in Malayalam films. She first gained recognition in 2009 with the film ''Kerala Cafe'', in which her performance was critically acclaimed. Kani won the Kerala State Film Award for Be ...
as Prabha *
Divya Prabha Divya Prabha is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Malayalam films and television serials. She has starred in the independent films '' Ariyippu'' (2022) and ''All We Imagine as Light'' (2024). Career Prabha started her career by d ...
as Anu *
Chhaya Kadam Chhaya Kadam is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Marathi and Hindi films. She has appeared in Nagraj Manjule films, '' Fandry'' (2013), ''Sairat'' (2016), and ''Jhund'' (2022), as well as in other Marathi films including ''Redu' ...
as Parvathy * Hridhu Haroon as Shiaz *
Azees Nedumangad Azees Nedumangad is an Indian actor and comedian who works in the Malayalam film industry. He is known for his roles in the movies ''Jaya Jaya Jaya Jaya Hey'', ''Minnal Murali ''Minnal Murali'' () is a 2021 Indian Malayalam-language sup ...
as Dr. Manoj *
Anandsami Anand Sami or Anandsami is an Indian film and stage actor who has worked on Tamil and Malayalam films. In films, Anandsami had a career breakthrough with appearances in ''Lens'' (2016) and '' Odu Raja Odu'' (2018). Career In 2001, Anandsami w ...
as Drowned Man / Husband * Kashish Singh as Young Nurse * Lovleen Mishra as Dr. Supriya * Madhu Raja as Kaki * Shweta Prajapati as Young Woman * Tintumol Joseph as Nurse Shanet * Ardra K.S. as Nurse 1 * Sisira Anil CK as Nurse 2 * Aparna Ram as Nurse 3 * Nikhil Mathew as Male Nurse * Bipin Nadkarni as Advocate Desai * Snehalata Siddarth Tagde as Union Leader * Saee Abhay Limaye as Teenager at the Shack * Sanjay Balu Ghanekar as Father * Shailaja Shrikant as Lady in Doctor's House


Production

The film was produced by Thomas Hakim and Julian Graff through their French-based company Petit Chaos, in co-production with the Indian companies Chalk & Cheese and Another Birth, as well as by the Netherlands's BALDR Film, Luxembourg's Les Films Fauves, Italy's Pulpa Films and France's
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. Hakim first met Kapadia at the
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in 2018. This was the first feature film produced by Chalk & Cheese, which previously produced commercials for nine years. Kapadia used money from the
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grant and
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to reside in Europe in order to plan the film production with Hakim. Financing for the film was obtained from
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,
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,
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, Condor,
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, Gan Foundation, Hubert Bals Fund, Luxbox, Pulpa Film, and Visions Sud Est. Filming was done in
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over the course of twenty-five days and then in
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for fifteen days.


Release

''All We Imagine as Light'' was selected to compete for the
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at the
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, where it had its world premiere on 23 May, and received an eight minute standing ovation at the end of its screening. This is the first film from India to compete in the main competition at Cannes since '' Swaham'' in 1994, and Kapadia is the first Indian female filmmaker to do so. It won the
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, becoming the first Indian film to do so. On 9 September 2024, it was announced that Spirit Media, founded by Indian actor
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, had acquired Indian distribution rights to the film. Spirit Media announced that the film would begin its Oscar-qualifying release with a limited theatrical release in Kerala starting on 21 September under the Malayalam title 'പ്രഭയായ് നിനച്ചതെല്ലാം' i.e. ''Prabhayay Ninachathellam''. The film was selected as the opening film for the
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, and was released theatrically in India on 22 November 2024.
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and distribution partner Sideshow acquired the North American rights for the film on 20 May 2024, and released the film on 15 November 2024 in New York and Los Angeles, with a nationwide expansion planned. The film was also played at the
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on 5 September 2024. It was released in France by Condor Distribution on 2 October 2024. It was featured in the accolades section of the 55th IFFI, and Limelight section of the
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screened on 30 January 2025. The film made it's digital release through
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from 3 January 2025.


Reception


Critical response

On
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, the film received an average rating of 3.8 out of 5, based on 31 reviews from French critics.
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, writing in ''
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'', gave the film five stars and praised it as an "absorbing story of three nurses that is full of humanity". Nicholas Barber, writing in the ''
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'', also gave the film five stars. The British film magazine ''
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'' named it the best film of 2024 in its poll of over 100 critics worldwide. It was also ranked 1st in the Best Movies of 2024 list from ''
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'', with
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writing that Kapadia "incorporates images of everyday people milling through the city, images that connect her characters to a sea of humanity and, by extension, to those of us watching." The film was ranked 5th among the top 25 European works of 2024 by the journalists at
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. Filmmakers Miguel Gomes,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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and
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cited the film among their favorite films of 2024.


Academy Awards selection controversy

For the
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, ''All We Imagine As Light'' was not selected to be submitted by either France or India, with the former submitting ''
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,'' and the latter submitting ''
Laapataa Ladies ''Laapataa Ladies'', released internationally as ''Lost Ladies'', is a 2023 Indian Hindi-language comedy-drama film directed by Kiran Rao, and produced by Rao, Aamir Khan, and Jyoti Deshpande. It stars Nitanshi Goel, Pratibha Ranta, Sparsh S ...
.'' The film had been shortlisted for France's submission. The Film Federation of India's (FFI) decision to not submit the film was unexpected, with NPR's Diaa Hadid remarking that the film's international reception had "garnered raised hopes that India might finally have a serious contender for an Oscar in the best foreign film category". Many like Naman Ramachandran of ''
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'' drew comparisons to India's decision to not select ''
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'' (2013) and '' RRR'' (2022) for its Academy Awards submissions, particularly in light of the film's success at the
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with it having won the Grand Jury Prize. At the initial news announcing the selection of ''Laapataa Ladies'', FFI president Ravi Kottarakara explained ''All That We Imagine As Light'''s exclusion, saying "The jury said that they were watching a European film taking place in India, not an Indian film taking place in India." Justifying its selection, the FFI noted on ''Laapataa Ladies,'' "Indian women are a strange mixture of submission and dominance. Well-defined, powerful characters in one world, a Laapataa Ladies (Hindi) captures this diversity perfectly, though in a semi-idyllic world and in a tongue-in-cheek way." Kapadia responded to the controversy by expressing her appreciation for Kiran Rao's works, saying to '' Indiewire'' "I just think it’s really great that there are two films from India that are doing this well, and they’re both by women." On December 17, the Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciences released its shortlist for a variety of categories, including best International Feature Film, and India's selection (''Laapataa Ladies'') was not selected, triggering a renewed discussion on the decision to "snub" the film. Industry figures like director
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and
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publicly voiced their discontent with the FFI's decision to not send ''All We Imagine As Light'', with the former sarcastically remarking "Film Federation of India does it again! Their strike rate and selection of films year after year is impeccable." In light of the renewed controversy following the release of the Academy Award shortlist,
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, the head of the 13-member all-male jury remarked to the ''
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'' that people ought to be "respectful of the process". Elaborating on the decision to not consider ''All That We Imagine As Light'', Barua said "The jury felt that her film was very poor technically."


Accolades


Notes


References


External links

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