When the Light Breaks (2024)

Original title

Ljósbrot

Directed by

Rúnar Rúnarsson

Genre

drama film, coming-of-age film

Country

Croatia, Iceland, France, Netherlands

Runtime

1h 22m

Rated

14

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 42 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman spends a summer day mourning her first love who has died. The film follows her through that single day of grief and reflection.

grief-strickencontemplativeintimateintrospectivequietmelancholicsummer-setslow-paced

What happens

When the Light Breaks (Icelandic: Ljósbrot, lit. 'Refraction') is a 2024 drama film by Rúnar Rúnarsson. The film depicts a young woman grieving for her first love's death during one summer day. It was selected as the opening film for the Un Certain Regard selection of the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, where it had its world premiere on 15 May 2024. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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