Women on Top: Legacies of Women in Global Cinema: ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT

Anu and Prabha, roommates and coworkers, experience connection and heartache, hope and disappointment in Kapadia’s lyrically naturalistic and incandescent film. Prabha, her husband from an arranged marriage living in faraway Germany, is pursued by a courtly doctor while Anu carries on a romance with a Muslim man. Kapadia captures the bustle of the metropolis and the open-air tranquility of a seaside resort with equal radiance, articulated by the superb cast. All We Imagine as Light is a soulful study of the transformative power of friendship and sisterhood, in all its complexities and richness. Winner of the Cannes Grand Prix, nominated for two Golden Globes and a BAFTA, and Sight & Sound’s Best Film of 2024. [118 min; drama; Malayalam and Hindi with English subtitles]