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Light Years

Play trailer Light Years 2015,  1h 29m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 71% 7 Reviews Tomatometer - - Popcornmeter
71% Tomatometer 7 Reviews Popcornmeter
Over the course of a day, Rose's fractured and distant family pulls back together. Yearning to reconnect, the family finds itself confronting the implications of its own devastating legacy.

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Kevin Maher The Times (UK) Oct 10, 2016
3/5
Treading that perilous line between wilfully artful and needlessly arty, Esther May Campbell's Light Years is a feature debut that's arresting and infuriating in equal measure Go to Full Review
Poppy Doran Little White Lies Sep 26, 2016
2/5
This debut feature from Esther Campbell drowns in visual beauty but falls short in the plot and dialogue. Go to Full Review
Mike McCahill Guardian Sep 23, 2016
3/5
Ventures Bristol way, digs around at the intersection of social and poetic realism, and emerges with several extraordinary images alongside handfuls of arthouse filler. Go to Full Review
Rachel Brook One Room With A View Apr 18, 2019
3/5
Campbell's eye for a real rather than romanticised Britain - motorways, industrial parks, damp forests - is refreshing, yet Light Years fails to take hold until it's almost passed you by. Go to Full Review
Stephen Saito Moveable Fest Nov 22, 2018
‎There are greater stakes to be mined that the territory Kiley and company cover here, but by keeping the tone light, the film proves buoyant. Go to Full Review
Paul M. Bradshaw Total Film Sep 27, 2016
3/5
There are obviously a lot of bright futures among cast and crew, but the script lacks a nail of genuine emotion on which to hang all the pretty pictures. Go to Full Review
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Esther Campbell

Director

Sophie Burton

Ramona

James Stuckey

Ewan

Mike Wright

Spirit

Muhammet Uzuner

Dee

Zamira Fuller

Rose

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Movie Info

Synopsis Over the course of a day, Rose's fractured and distant family pulls back together. Yearning to reconnect, the family finds itself confronting the implications of its own devastating legacy.
Director
Esther Campbell
Producer
Wendy Bevan-Mogg, Samm Haillay, Duane Hopkins, Andrew McVicar
Screenwriter
Esther Campbell
Production Co
Finite Films, Third Films
Genre
Drama
Original Language
British English
Runtime
1h 29m
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