# Light Thereafter

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{{Short description|2017 Bulgarian film}}
{{Infobox film
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| director       = [Konstantin Bojanov](/source/Konstantin_Bojanov)
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| screenplay     = Konstantin Bojanov
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| producer       = {{Plainlist|
*John Engel
*Mila Voinikova
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| starring       = [Barry Keoghan](/source/Barry_Keoghan)
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| cinematography = Nenad Boroevich
| editing        = Anja Siemens
| music          = Michelino Bisceglia
| studio         = {{Plainlist|
*Multifilm
*Left Field Ventures
*Film and Music Entertainment
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| released       ={{Film date|df=yes|2017|01|26|[International Film Festival Rotterdam](/source/International_Film_Festival_Rotterdam)|ref1=<ref name="iffr">{{cite web |title=Light Thereafter |url=https://iffr.com/en/iffr/2017/films/light-thereafter |website=International Film Festival Rotterdam|access-date=11 May 2024}}</ref>}}
| runtime        = 102 minutes
| country        = {{Plainlist|
*[Bulgaria](/source/Bulgaria)
*[Belgium](/source/Belgium)
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| language       = English
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'''''Light Thereafter''''' is a 2017 [Bulgarian](/source/Cinema_of_Bulgaria) [drama film](/source/drama_film) directed by [Konstantin Bojanov](/source/Konstantin_Bojanov) starring [Barry Keoghan](/source/Barry_Keoghan) as Pavel, a lonely teenager who is obsessed with the French painter Arnaud.<ref name="iffr"/>

== Premise ==
Lonely [autistic](/source/autistic) teenager Pavel (Keoghan) travels from [London](/source/London), where he lives with his mother, to [France](/source/France) in hopes of meeting Arnaud (Bodnia), a famous French painter. Along the way, he crosses paths with a number of unusual figures including his aunt (Sichov) and Julie (Rigot), a hitchhiker. His ultimate encounter and apprenticeship with Arnaud does not match Pavel's expectation's due to the painter's exacting discipline.<ref name="sd">{{cite web |last1=Romney |first1=Johnathan |title='Light Thereafter': Rotterdam Review |url=https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/light-thereafter-rotterdam-review/5114329.article |website=Screen Daily |access-date=11 May 2024}}</ref>

== Cast ==
* [Barry Keoghan](/source/Barry_Keoghan) as Pavel
* [Kim Bodnia](/source/Kim_Bodnia) as Arnaud
* [Thure Lindhardt](/source/Thure_Lindhardt) as Piri
* [Lubna Azabal](/source/Lubna_Azabal) as Soumaya
* [Solène Rigot](/source/Sol%C3%A8ne_Rigot) as Julie
* [Slimane Dazi](/source/Slimane_Dazi) as Driver
* [Catherine Salee](/source/Catherine_Sal%C3%A9e) as Julie's mother
* Alexis Julemont as Nicholas
* [Lucie Debay](/source/Lucie_Debay) as Lola
* Margita Gosheva as Miglena
* Dounia Sichov as Eva
* Elitsa Mateva as Nikki
* Sanislava Nikolova as Nuri
* Frederic Etherlink as Conrad
* Alain Bellot as Julie's father
* Fanny Toneur as Nicholas' wife
* Ersin Mustafov as Javier
* John Kinory as Mayfair passerby

== Release ==
''Light Thereafter'' premiered at the 2017 [International Film Festival Rotterdam](/source/International_Film_Festival_Rotterdam).<ref name="iffr"/>

== Reception ==
=== Critical reception ===
Jonathan Romney of [Screendaily](/source/Screendaily) characterized ''Light Thereafter'' as "clunkily written" with a "very male" approach to sexuality but praised [Barry Keoghan](/source/Barry_Keoghan)'s performance.<ref name="sd" />

=== Accolades ===
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! scope="col" | Award
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! scope="row" | [International Film Festival Rotterdam](/source/International_Film_Festival_Rotterdam)
| 5 February 2017
| Hivos Tiger Competition
| [Konstantin Bojanov](/source/Konstantin_Bojanov)
| {{Nominated}}
| align="center" | <ref name="iffr" />
|-
! scope="row" | [Golden Rose Bulgarian Feature Film Festival](/source/Golden_Rose_Bulgarian_Feature_Film_Festival)
| 10 October 2017
| Best Cinematographer Award
| Nenad Boroevich
| {{Won}}
| align="center" | <ref>{{cite web |title=Golden Rose 2017 Awards |url=https://www.nfc.bg/en/golden-rose-2017-awards/ |website=Bulgarian National Film Center |access-date=11 May 2024}}</ref>
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{IMDb title|tt4181716}}

Category:Bulgarian drama films
Category:2017 drama films
Category:Films about autism

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