All We Imagine as Light
All We Imagine as Light is a 2024 Indian drama film written and directed by Payal Kapadia. The film stars Kani Kusruti, Divya Prabha, Chhaya Kadam, and Hridhu Haroon. With dialogue in Malayalam, Hindi, and Marathi, it is an international co-production involving companies from France, India, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Italy.
The film had its world premiere in the main competition of the 77th Cannes Film Festival in 2024, where it won the Grand Prix. It was named one of the top five international films 2024 by the National Board of Review. At the 82nd Golden Globe Awards, the film received two nominations, for Best Foreign Language Film and Best Director.
Plot
Prabha and Anu are nurses living together in the noisy and chaotic Mumbai. Prabha is lonely and yearns for her husband who lives in Germany and had only come to India once for a brief marriage with her, but has not called Prabha in over a year. Anu is more outgoing and has a secret relationship with a Muslim man named Shiaz. One day, Prabha and Anu receive an unexpected German-made gift from an unknown sender that will become the reason for their true desires to manifest.