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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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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