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Light of My Life

  • 2019
  • R
  • 1h 59m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
17K
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Casey Affleck and Anna Pniowsky in Light of My Life (2019)
Parent and child journey through the outskirts of society a decade after a pandemic has wiped out half the world's population. As a father struggles to protect his child, their bond, and the character of humanity, is tested.
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A father and his child journey through the outskirts of society a decade after a pandemic has wiped out half the world's population. As the father struggles to protect his child, their bond ... Read allA father and his child journey through the outskirts of society a decade after a pandemic has wiped out half the world's population. As the father struggles to protect his child, their bond and the character of humanity are tested.A father and his child journey through the outskirts of society a decade after a pandemic has wiped out half the world's population. As the father struggles to protect his child, their bond and the character of humanity are tested.

  • Director
    • Casey Affleck
  • Writer
    • Casey Affleck
  • Stars
    • Anna Pniowsky
    • Casey Affleck
    • Tom Bower
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.6/10
    17K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Casey Affleck
    • Writer
      • Casey Affleck
    • Stars
      • Anna Pniowsky
      • Casey Affleck
      • Tom Bower
    • 253User reviews
    • 88Critic reviews
    • 67Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 5 nominations total

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    Anna Pniowsky
    Anna Pniowsky
    • Rag
    Casey Affleck
    Casey Affleck
    • Dad
    Tom Bower
    Tom Bower
    • Tom
    Elisabeth Moss
    Elisabeth Moss
    • Mom
    Hrothgar Mathews
    Hrothgar Mathews
    • Calvin
    Timothy Webber
    Timothy Webber
    • Lemmy
    Thelonius Serrell-Freed
    Thelonius Serrell-Freed
    • Young Man
    • (as Monk Serrell Freed)
    Jesse James Pierce
    Jesse James Pierce
    • Snow House Attacker #1
    • (as Jesse Pierce)
    Tommy Clarke
    Tommy Clarke
    • Snow House Attacker #2
    Lloyd Cunningham
    • Snow House Attacker #3
    Kory Grim
    Kory Grim
    • Tall Woods Man #1
    Michael Ching
    • Woods Man #2
    Dee Jay Jackson
    • Counter Man
    • (as Deejay Jackson)
    Patrick Keating
    Patrick Keating
    • Bearded Man at Camp
    Sydnee Parker Anderson
    • Toddler Rag
    Linley Subryan
    Linley Subryan
    • Town person
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Casey Affleck
    • Writer
      • Casey Affleck
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    User reviews253

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    5archidtxallycat

    Workaday 21st C. Apocalyptic Story

    Strong acting overshadowed by a workaday, commonly modern and misguided 21st century gender and political issues study. Predictable and blatently unspecial.
    Gordon-11

    Can't say I enjoyed it

    The story is slow but builds up to quite a climactic ending. However, by the time I got to the ending, I was already thoroughly bored. I can't say I enjoyed it at all.
    9marylou3000

    Intense and spectacularly acted

    People who call this movie boring should go back to their Transformers movies. It's not boring for a single second. The story has a quiet intensity, the acting is out of this world, and Affleck's direction is so good that I can't wait for his next directing job. Haters gonna hate, but they are so wrong it's actually funny.
    7Kukkahattuseta

    Nice little story

    Another post-apocalyptic film. But a quite decent one. I appreciated the slow-moving story and the power of the storytelling. Many criticized how the father was so prepared and the daughter so unprepared. However, they seem to forget what puberty and adolescence usually mean; questioning everything and feeling out of control of one's emotions. It's been a long time since I saw the film The Road. This probably reminded me a lot of that film. It wasn't a new idea by any means, but I thought the film was quite well made. A little story in a new world order. Nothing groundbreaking, but a nice little story.
    CaptainCookiePuss

    Children Of The Road

    This movie is very much like 'The Road' and 'Children Of Men' smooshed together, just not as good. It's hard for me to get through anything with Casey 'MarbleMouth' Affleck, but I gave it a shot anyway as I love post-apocalyptic movies. He should give mumble rap a try. Anyway, the movie has been done before so I wasn't expecting much and that's what I got. Another slow burner, just a little below average fare.

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    • Trivia
      In Berlin at the Berlinale-Premiere, Casey Affleck said that he began writing the screenplay for this movie 10 years earlier.
    • Goofs
      Tom is quoting Leviticus, which is the Old Testament, but has the Bible open to the New Testament.
    • Connections
      Referenced in La prise de la Bastille heure par heure (2022)

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    • Release date
      • August 9, 2019 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Світло мого життя
    • Filming locations
      • Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Black Bear
      • Sea Change Media
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $20,056
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $9,358
      • Aug 11, 2019
    • Gross worldwide
      • $1,392,898
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 59m(119 min)
    • Color
      • Color

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