Light Falls Vertical
(Ara la llum cau vertical)
Efthymia Zymvragaki | Documentary
2023 | 85 minutes | Spain, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands
Efthymia Zymvragaki weaves the story of a perpetrator with her own experiences with violence, offering insight into the complexity of abuse.
Synopsis
Filmmaker Efthymia Zymvragaki intertwines her personal history with the story of Ernesto, a man grappling with the cycles of violence he has experienced and perpetuated. Seeking to exorcize his trauma through cinema, Ernesto invites Efthymia to adapt his autobiographical novel into a film. Their collaboration becomes an exploration of violence, accountability, and healing, as Ernesto confronts his role as both victim and perpetrator, and Efthymia revisits her own painful past rooted in her childhood on the island of Crete.
When a tragic turn of events leads to Ernesto’s death by suicide, the project transforms into an intimate and poetic autopsy of the heritage of violence across genders and generations. Blending candid reenactments, archival materials, and poetic visuals of sun-drenched landscapes, Zymvragaki weaves together their stories, confronting themes of identity, forgiveness, and the longing for home.
Reviews
“Once in a while you encounter a piece of art which ticks all the boxes. Light Falls Vertical is one of those rare examples, offering a profound view into the souls of both a perpetrator and a victim of domestic abuse.” – Business Doc Europe
“A deeply personal yet also universal essayist doc about domestic violence” – International Cinephile Society
“An intimate record of the troubled mind, without ever being intrusive” – Business Doc Europe
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Pragda subjects
Biography
Catalan Studies
Culture + Identity
Education
Gender + Sexuality Studies
Iberian Studies
Mental Health
Migration Studies
Sociology
Women
Keywords
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Festivals
IDFA International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam; Málaga Film Festival; Cartagena de Indias International Film Festival; Docs Barcelona; Guadalajara International Film Festival; Thessaloniki International Documentary Film Festival; Dok Fest Munich; Crossing Europe; Biografilm Festival; Major Docs; Cinespaña; Astra Film Festival, EDOC ; Cine Ceará; Iran Documentary Film Festival Cinema Veritée; Festival of Global Cinema Santo Domingo; Tempo Documentary Festival; Ann Arbor Film Festival; Taiwan International Documentary Festival
DIRECTOR: Efthymia Zymvragaki
NATIONALITY: Spain, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands
YEAR: 2023
GENRE: Documentary
LANGUAGE: Catalan; Spanish
COLOR / B&W: Color
GRADE LEVEL: Middle School, High School, College, Adult
SUBTITLE/CC: AVAILABLE
AUDIO DESCRIPTION: AVAILABLE
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