“A mesmerisingly beautiful, densely visual meditation on moral conflict and its deliciously slow pace will change the way you watch movies.” — Peter Calder, New Zealand Herald
“From the incredible opening shot that condenses a stunning dawn into five intense minutes to its symmetrical closing one, we’re in the hands of a gifted filmmaker... The story is as simple as a parable. A culturally isolated Mennonite family in rural Mexico reaches a crisis when the patriarch falls in love with another woman. Honest Johan confides his shifted affections to his wife Esther, with catastrophic results. The austerity of the story is offset by the ravishing physicality of the landscape, captured in precise widescreen compositions and slow tracking shots worthy of Kubrick.” — Andrew Langridge.
“This is a deeply considered, formally accomplished, beautiful-looking and unexpectedly gripping film from a director making a giant leap into the first rank of world cinema... Silent Light has some sublime, meditative moments: moments of pure, unapologetic visual ecstasy that come close to repealing the cinematic laws of gravity.” — Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian
“If there is one film you have to experience on the big screen, it's Carlos Reygadas' Silent Light... A patient, quiet, devotional piece of cinema.” — Aaron Yap, realgroove.co.nz
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