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Silent Light is a 2007 film by Carlos Reygadas about a Mennonite man who has an affair and his wife dies. The film is in Plautdietsch, the Low German dialect of the Mennonites, and was praised by critics and filmmakers.
Johan (Miriam Toews), a married Mennonite who maintains a quiet, simplistic lifestyle in rural Mexico, experiences a moral dilemma as a result of his passionate -- and...
- (26)
- Elizabeth Fehr
- Carlos Reygadas
- Drama
A Mennonite farmer in Mexico faces a moral dilemma when he falls in love with a new woman. The film is shot in Plautdietsch, a dialect spoken by the Russian Mennonites, and features Jacques Brel's songs.
- (6.9K)
- Drama, Romance
- Carlos Reygadas
- 2007-10-12
Watch the trailer of Silent Light, a film by Carlos Reygadas about a Mennonite man's love triangle. The film is shot entirely on location in the Mexican Mennonite community near Chihuahua.
- 2 min
- 143.3K
- PalisadesTartan
Dec 3, 2007 · Silent Light (2007) Reviewed by Kate Lloyd. Updated 01 December 2007. Contains moderate sex. From the opening scene of Carlos Reygadas' Silent Light, you know you're in for something...
In a Mennonite community in Mexico, a father's faith is tested when he falls in love with a new woman. Johan (Cornelio Wall Fehr), a Mennonite living in Mexico, is tormented with guilt over his extramarital affair with Marianne (Maria Pankratz).
Jan 8, 2009 · With Stellet Licht (Silent Light), which won the Jury Prize at Cannes in 2007 and opened Jan. 7 at New York City’s Film Forum, Reygadas shocks again: this drama of a Mennonite community in ...
