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When the Light Breaks
Directed by
Rúnar Rúnarsson
Releasing Dec 17
82m
Drama
5.4
94%
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Una grapples with grief while harboring a secret, unable to fully express her emotions, as she navigates challenging events swirling around her.
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Cast of When the Light Breaks
Elín Hall
Una
Mikael Kaaber
Gunni
Katla Njálsdóttir
Klara
Ágúst Örn B. Wigum
Bassi
Gunnar Hrafn Kristjánsdóttir
Siggi
Baldur Einarsson
Diddi
When the Light Breaks Reviews
IONCINEMA.com
Nicholas Bell
There's a poignant potency to this cycle of passing days, each containing its own set of endings and beginnings.
Variety
Guy Lodge
Rúnarsson's film eschews easy melodrama for a more tacit, sensory exploration of the sudden connections that death forges among the living.
Deadline Hollywood Daily
Stephanie Bunbury
Rúnarsson has kept his ambitions small; his canvas is limited, his narrative spare -- so spare, indeed, that it sometimes drags. Within his self-imposed limitations, however, he draws a portrait of muffled grief that feels true and poignant.
Moveable Fest
Stephen Saito
Even after the film leaves audiences plenty to sit with, it continues to be deeply moving well after it ends.
Sunshine State Cineplex
Alan French
The passion and feeling emanating from Rúnar Rúnarsson's When the Light Breaks leaves an undeniable mark on its audience.
indieWire
Adam Solomons
All involved are doing good, meaningful work with a simple script and a story that explains little.
Next Best Picture
David Cuevas
"When the Light Breaks" never once relishes in miserablist tropes as a result of its deliberate form. Instead, through the power of durational cinema, Rúnarsson's lost souls reconcile through stillness and silence.
Eye for Film
Amber Wilkinson
Beyond the dark loneliness of grief, is the soft light of a shared mourning.
Hollywood Reporter
Lovia Gyarkye
Alongside its study of a singular kind of heartbreak, Runarsson's film offers images that anyone who can relate to losing a loved one at a young age will find impossible to shake.
Movies We Texted About
Sarah Manvel
When The Light Breaks has an emotional impact much stronger than its brief running time, and anyone who has lost someone will appreciate the strength of its achievement.
InSession Film
Hector A. Gonzalez
There are certain directorial decisions that Rúnarsson applies, which make When the Light Breaks lack the potency of its topics and the relatable power of the performances.
Film Inquiry
Wilson Kwong
With a short runtime of only 82 minutes, When the Light Breaks ( Ljósbrot) is a sombre Icelandic drama that shines in its truly restrained approach to storytelling.
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