And Then There Was Light
1989 · 105 MIN · IMDB 7.3 · 388 VOTES · DIR. Otar Iosseliani
Overview
Events in an idyllic African village are shown in detail in the period just before logging trucks come in and cut down the forest around the villagers, forcing them to move into the wretched shantytowns that surround major cities throughout the undeveloped world. Despite the familiar premise, this surprisingly unsentimental film by Georgian director Otar Ioselliani has several things going for it, beginning with the cinematography and including the natural and unaffected (non-professional) performances of the villagers.
Dialogue Timeline — 33 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:09 AND THEN THERE WAS LIGHT
00:00:15 Camera Robert Alazraki
00:04:00 AND THEN THERE WAS LIGHT
00:12:07 - Would you like some bananas? - Fed up with them. - Wait here, I'll bring you something different.
00:18:08 I, Yere, has built a nice hut for Okonoro. She can come and live with me.
00:25:35 Lazra leads Gagou into her hut.
00:31:50 - We are not here to serve you.
00:44:35 - Let me be a father to the child you're bearing.
00:45:23 - Get off, everybody.
00:54:01 - Okonoro, go home, immediately.
00:56:09 - Keep an eye on your ill-bred wives.
01:06:13 The village will see no more of the old Imana.
01:09:16 Okonoro is discontent with her second marriage.
01:14:45 - Go and find her if you want.
01:20:49 Yere's journey.
01:33:08 - Damn this place for ever!
01:34:54 Very beautiful.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed33
Dialogue density0.3 lines / min
First line00:00:09
Final line01:34:54
Production Record
DirectorOtar Iosseliani
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes388