Screening and Discussion of the Film “All That We See Is Light” (Payal Kapadia, 2024)

Two Indian women try to build their personal lives against stereotypes. A vibrant drama that won the Grand Prix in Cannes.

Roommates Prabha and Anu live in Mumbai; they are educated and financially independent. However, in the eyes of society, they are just women. Prabha was married very young. Her husband left long ago to work in Europe and no longer communicates with her. She feels very lonely, but her formal marriage does not allow her to start a new personal life. The younger Anu tries to reject the fiancé chosen by her parents because she already has a lover. But he belongs to a different caste, and his family follows another religion…