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Sadly Over-hyped

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

It was at a screening some 7 years ago in Fort Lauderdale, FL... when I quite surprisingly found myself stuck to my seat with tears streaming down my face... Why?... I had just viewed "Let There Be Light", a delightful film about God's attempt to have his recently finished script filmed here on earth... This film has remained in my memory... and I remain...still enchanted... after all these years!! The story of "Let There Be Light" unveils with a fabulous mix of humor, tenderness and zeal.... I was quite unexpectedly and quite simply "swept away"... and since then have been asking myself why this gem has not become a classic... The entire package which is "Let There Be Light" is as captivating and its cast of characters as entertaining and enthralling as those in the film, "King of Hearts",... perhaps one of the quintessential cult classics here in the US.... I have searched the web and video stores in vain for a copy with English subtitles... as I would love to share this gem with others... As characters proclaimed in the film, "I have a script. I need a director"... As a viewer who believes that there is a potential audience, who would relish this film's release on DVD with English subtitles, I assert... "There is a film! We need a distributor!"

By a fireside in a Gothic ruin sits an invisible God watching the world below on a television screen. Disparate images of war and dispossession intersect with images of religious observance. The television set implodes. The invisible God has existential problems. He's sometimes not quite sure whether he exists or not. However he does have a mission. He's working on a script which will bring humanity together. But will he be able to find the right director? Once upon a time he was in love with Joan of Arc. Her death still plagues his conscience. Is there a modern Joan of Arc somewhere down there who can bring his vision to the screen? I first saw 'Let There Be Light' some years ago on SBS. When I went looking for it recently I found that there wasn't an English language version available on DVD, which seems a real shame. It's an immensely enjoyable film. It has a broad scope and works on many different levels. It's funny, thought provoking, beautifully paced and deftly put together. The music is bright and there are great moments of editing. Sure, it is a wildly preposterous premise and yes, I did watch it fearing that it might plummet. But actually I found it did the opposite.At the heart of this film is a sense of gentle bemusement at the foibles of flailing humanity. This particularly shines through the heroine, played by Helene de Fougerolles. She is disarmingly unpretentious throughout and at times almost translucent. Tcheky Karyo does a suitably beguiling Mephistophelean character with relish and God in his many manifestations is a multifaceted wonder. At the end of the film there is a mirroring of that lonely image of God the writer which came at the beginning. Not a bad transformation for an old bloke.

Ah, if only all films came from France. If only all women were as beautiful as Hélène de Fougerolles. What a wonderful world this would be, non? I would be totally lost without French cinema. Their drama's are raw, intelligent and rip emotions from inside, throw them in your face and say "There!! - SEE! LIVE!! FEEL!!!" Thrillers are innovative, experimental and imaginative and their comedies are witty and chaotic, and.....well, just bloody good fun! Que la lumière soit is a sublime comedy, textured with arresting characters and some wonderfully farcical scenes, inter-laced with truly poignant moments. See this film. It is well cast, well paced and should have you roaring with laughter. Amen.

This movie has an interesting premise, some good visuals, and a very nicely rendered message at the end; however, getting to this end was not a pleasant trip. In this film, getting from point A to point D sometimes entirely skipped points B and C. Nothing in it is too jarring, but overall I thought it could have been much better. Characters drift in and out of the picture with so much aimlessness that's it's very difficult to feel anything for them, which is at odds with the film's premise. On a side note, I felt the identity of the French studio chief was (unintentionally) very ironic.