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WOW! - Silent Light 
Carlos Reygadas, Mexico/France/Netherlands 2006, 127 mins
A visual tour de force that is worth seeing just for the amazingly beautiful opening and closing shots, this contemplative study of spiritual crisis among Mexico's Mennonites confirms Reygadas (Japon, Battle in Heaven) as one of the most consistently interesting directors on the world scene. Stolid farmer Johan is torn between his wife and family and the woman he loves. Although he has been honest with his wife about his adultery this does little to diminish his inner conflicts or his wife's heartbreak. Grounded by the use of amateur actors and an almost ethnographic observation of the Menonite community's daily rituals that make the spiritual moments even more moving and effective.
'Rivetingly beautiful . . . powerfully dramatic . . . truly extraordinary . . . a sensuous and compassionate experience" Sight & Sound
Winner Jury Prize Cannes Film Festival 2007
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Gwledd weledol fendigedig sy'n werth ei gweld dim ond am y golygfeydd agoriadol a therfynol anhygoel. Mae'r astudiaeth fyfyriol hon ar yr argyfwng ysbrydol ymysg y Mennonites ym Mecsico yn cadarnhau Reygadas (Japon, Battle in Heaven) fel un o'r cyfarwyddwyr mwyaf diddorol yn gyson ym myd y ffilm. Mae'r ffarmwr Johan yn cael ei rwygo rhwng ei wraig a'i deulu a'r ddynes y mae'n ei charu ...
Enillydd y Wobr Jury yng Ngwyl Ffilmiau Cannes 2007