Silent Light
A meditative, spiritually weighted drama about forbidden desire within a strict Mennonite community, told through long takes and the textures of rural Mexican village life.
Johan and his family are Mennonites from the north of Mexico. Against the law of God and Man, Johan falls in love with another woman.
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