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And Then There Was Light
Et la lumière fut1989
- Otar Iosseliani
- 1h 45m
- November 20, 1989 · Italy, France, Germany
Overview
Events in an idyllic African village are shown in detail in the period just before logging trucks come in and cut down the forest around the villagers, forcing them to move into the wretched shantytowns that surround major cities throughout the undeveloped world. Despite the familiar premise, this surprisingly unsentimental film by Georgian director Otar Ioselliani has several things going for it, beginning with the cinematography and including the natural and unaffected (non-professional) performances of the villagers.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- November 20, 1989
- Original language
- French
- Spoken languages
- French
- Countries
- Italy, France, Germany
- Production
- CNC,RAI,Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication,Les Films du Triangle,La Sept,Direkt-Film
- Cast
- Sigalon Sagna,Saly Badji,Binta Cissé,Marie-Christine Dieme,Fatou Seydi,Alpha Sane,Abdou Sane,Souleimane Sagna,Marie-Solange Badiane,Moussa Sagnaand 5 more
- Director
- Otar Iosseliani
- Writer
- Otar Iosseliani
- Producer
- Alain Quefféléan
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
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