All We Imagine as Light

In Mumbai, Nurse Prabha's routine is troubled when she receives an unexpected gift from her estranged husband. Her younger roommate, Anu, tries in vain to find a spot in the city to be intimate with her boyfriend. A trip to a beach town allows them to find a space for their desires to manifest.

Cast

Kani Kusruti

as Prabha

Divya Prabha

as Anu

Chhaya Kadam

as Parvaty

Hridhu Haroon

as Shiaz

Azees Nedumangad

as Dr. Manoj

Tintumol Joseph

as Nurse Shanet

Anand Sami

as Drowning Man

Lovleen Mishra

as Dr. Supriya

Madhu Raja

as Kaki

Shweta Prajapati

as Young Woman

Reviews

CinemaSerf

"Prabha" (Kani Kusruti) is a nurse in a busy Mumbai hospital who shares her tiny apartment with the usually skint "Anu" (Divya Prabha). We quickly learn that she is married but her husband left her some while ago to work in Germany and she hasn't heard from him in over a year. "Anu", on the other ha...

griggs79

_All We Imagine as Light_, a visually delicate exploration of intimacy, displacement, and the quiet search for connection, has earned the prestigious Grand Prix at Cannes. Set in Mumbai, the film follows the lives of three women working in a hospital as they navigate the complexities of their person...

Brent Marchant

Invariably, there’s always one film release each year that’s vastly and inexplicably overrated, both in terms of critical acclaim and awards season recognition, and this disappointing, tediously paced slog tops my list of candidates for 2024. Writer-director Payal Kapadia’s examination of contempora...

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