Light of My Life (2019) (original) (raw)
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.
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. (less)
Director: Casey Affleck
Writer: Casey Affleck
Starring: Anna Pniowsky, Casey Affleck, Tom Bower, Elisabeth Moss, Hrothgar Mathews, Timothy Webber
Producer: Teddy Schwarzman
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Review by Brian Orndorf, August 8, 2019
9 / 10
�Light of My Life� does have an issue with derivativeness, resembling Cormac McCarthy�s �The Road� in more ways than one. Call it influence or homage, but writer/director Casey Affleck is clearly aiming for the same sense of unfolding countrywide illness with his feature, his first helming effort since 2010�s �I�m Still Here.� Similarities aren�t a problem for Affleck, as he�s very respectful towards �The Road� and its nearly overwhelming grimness, shooting for a more intimate study of parenthood as it exists in a post-apocalyptic setting. �Light of My Life� has its charged moments of conflict ...read more...
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