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Natural Light

2021 1h 43m Drama List
69% Tomatometer 26 Reviews Popcornmeter Fewer than 50 Ratings
World War II, occupied Soviet Union. István Semetka is a simple Hungarian farmer who serves as a Caporal in a special unit scouting for partisan groups. On their way to a remote village, his company falls under enemy fire. As the commander is killed, Semetka has to overcome his fears and take command of the unit as he is dragged into a chaos that he cannot control.
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Visually gripping if narratively distant, Natural Light captures the horrors of war, albeit at a certain chilly remove.

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Simran Hans Observer (UK) There's a cold, sombre beauty to the compositions, which are rendered in varying shades of sludgy mud-brown. Rated: 3/5 Nov 14, 2021 Full Review Marina Ashioti Little White Lies Ripens slowly only to become stale. Rated: 2/5 Nov 12, 2021 Full Review Jake Cunningham Empire Magazine The forceful imagery and acute sound design make Natural Light worth surrendering to, but a frail narrative may leave you feeling like you're in no man's land. Rated: 3/5 Nov 11, 2021 Full Review Dennis Harvey 48 Hills This is a very beautiful film of delicate earthtones, all mud, rain, overcast skies and bare trees. Yet that aesthetic grace doesn’t lessen the ugliness of complicity in genocide... Oct 27, 2023 Full Review Roger Moore Movie Nation The film fits into a rich tradition of combat cinema where the dangerous drudgery of the work, the moral compromises it demands and the ugly shocks of action and reaction are both sudden and wholly-expected long before they happen. Rated: 2.5/4 Oct 6, 2023 Full Review Erick Estrada Cinegarage The war of Natural Light is one of inaction. The waits, the journeys, the distances that those who travel and survive, those who won't end in history books. [Full review in Spanish] Sep 15, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis World War II, occupied Soviet Union. István Semetka is a simple Hungarian farmer who serves as a Caporal in a special unit scouting for partisan groups. On their way to a remote village, his company falls under enemy fire. As the commander is killed, Semetka has to overcome his fears and take command of the unit as he is dragged into a chaos that he cannot control.
Director
Dénes Nagy
Producer
Melanie Blocksdorf, Inese Boka, Marcell Gerö, Sára László, Caroline Piras, Inese Boka-Grube
Screenwriter
Dénes Nagy
Production Co
ZDF/Arte, Lilith Films, VisionTeam , Mistrus Media, Novak Production, Campfilm, Propeller Film, Proton Cinema
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Hungarian
Runtime
1h 43m