First Light
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“You spend too much time within these walls”
Overview
The debut feature of Australian-Filipino director James J. Robinson, First Light is a richly atmospheric narrative of faith and corruption. Yolanda (Philippine screen legend Ruby Ruiz) lives a peaceful life, cloistered with her fellow nuns in an isolated mountain convent. Administering the last rights after a terrible accident at a construction site, Yolanda and novice Sister Arlene (Kare Adea) find themselves unwillingly drawn into a cover-up that cuts through to the highest echelons of society.
“An astonishing debut...a quiet miracle of a film”
“Thoughtful and lyrical”
“A remarkably assured work”
Why See This Film
Balancing introspection on spirituality and duty with a slowly coiling paranoid thriller, First Light deftly swings between these divergent tones thanks to Robinson's masterful eye: the Vogue-published and National Photographic Portrait Prize nominated artist bringing painterly refinement to stunning images from mountainous northern Luzon. Poignant and compelling, this is one from a young filmmaker to watch closely.
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