mhano
God returns to earth to make a film. It sounds like a preposterous idea and based on this subject one might assume the film quirky, but I found it far too touching to label it so. There's something in humor and warm-heartedness of this film that holds it all together. The film takes the idea from an amusing thought, to a beautiful uplifting experience.I laughed, I cried, I was truly touched by this beautiful film.I have been searching on and off for this film for eight years. I finally found a DVD on amazon.fr but was sadly disappointed to discover that it had no English subtitles.God appears as many forms in this film. This itself is a brilliant metaphor on several levels. Many films try to portray god with in different ways (deep voices coming from the sky etc.) but the way he is portrayed in "Que la lumière soit" is a disarming stroke of brilliance. Hélène de Fougerolles is amazing as Jeanne, she plays the role with such innocence... she is positively luminescent in this film. Poor, poor René, God's trusty assistant angel, what a gorgeous character!Thank you to all involved for such a magical uplifting film.I just managed to see this film again after looking for all these years, I'm sure there are many others who loved this film as I do. I wish someone would distribute this in Australia!
Ann Bacon (Theatergal123)
It was at a screening some 7 years ago in Fort Lauderdale, FL... when I quite surprisingly found myself stuck to my seat with tears streaming down my face... Why?... I had just viewed "Let There Be Light", a delightful film about God's attempt to have his recently finished script filmed here on earth... This film has remained in my memory... and I remain...still enchanted... after all these years!! The story of "Let There Be Light" unveils with a fabulous mix of humor, tenderness and zeal.... I was quite unexpectedly and quite simply "swept away"... and since then have been asking myself why this gem has not become a classic... The entire package which is "Let There Be Light" is as captivating and its cast of characters as entertaining and enthralling as those in the film, "King of Hearts",... perhaps one of the quintessential cult classics here in the US.... I have searched the web and video stores in vain for a copy with English subtitles... as I would love to share this gem with others... As characters proclaimed in the film, "I have a script. I need a director"... As a viewer who believes that there is a potential audience, who would relish this film's release on DVD with English subtitles, I assert... "There is a film! We need a distributor!"
eckhart2002
Are we allowed to laugh when we talk about faith ? Not since the "Jesus laughs" (Jesus People) have we been allowed to laugh about matters of faith. This movie brings a fresh wind into our all to serious contact with metaphysics. Not only is the main actress a marvelous example of beauty allied to intelligence hitting the right tone in this movie but we have here a very bright rainbow shining down on us regarding the manifold aspects of faith. This magnificent comedy should be shown more often on our screens especially in a time where fundamentalism is coming back with all its followers of murder, hatred and death. "Que la lumière soit" ! Pure delightP.s.: I am waiting for the DVD version coming out
jf34
God has written a script "Let there be light !" and is searching for a good and adequate film-maker. In order to reach this aim, He will temporarily live in the body of many human-being and animals, helped by his favorite and irresistible angel !A deep and original subject, with subtle theological considerations, and treated with a lot of humor, simplicity and generosity.
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