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Um pequeno drama decente sobre uma família simpática, mas religiosamente ingénua, numa aldeia eslovaca. Extraordinariamente frágil e socialmente inteligente nas relações familiares. No entanto, não é muito distinto porque trata (para as normas eslovacas) dos acontecimentos habituais e não muito chocantes. Excelente Milan Ondrík no papel principal. (15/11/2020)

The Slovaks offered a movie which is an absolute, modern European drama with everything that it should have. It had a good family premise, took place in just the right kind of gloomy snow-covered countryside, and featured dense atmosphere and a camera which from time to time is at the top level. And it is not just a coincidence, Marko Škop already showed his capabilities in his debut Eva Nová. Moreover I have to say that Milan Ondrík is one of the top Slovakian actors and the others are almost at the same level as him. Let There Be Light was a great experience for me, as a high-quality drama, if perhaps a little unnecessarily cold. But still it was good enough to get under my skin. (09/10/2020)

The ambition to combine an intimate drama about a cold family with social commentary was too wide a dispersion and little emphasis on detail. The absent sound design or very fluctuating acting speak for themselves. It is, nevertheless, an important film that ends decently, as it leaves catharsis more or less up to the viewer. It is a pity that Škop is becoming more of a dramatizing director than a one who observes through a documentary. Thanks to this, Eva Nová was further and higher. (03/08/2019)

Marko Škop trabalha bem com os personagens e o ambiente da aldeia, onde todos se conhecem e não gostam quando alguém não colabora com eles. Um drama sobre a necessidade de confiar e sobre uma família que lida com um dilema moral relacionado com uma tragédia que perturbou a paz natalícia da aldeia e as atividades de um grupo de jovens que fundou uma milícia, também se concentra em temas de homofobia, relações pai-filho e personalidades da igreja desonestas. No entanto, há muita procrastinação em fazer avançar o enredo, e o filme termina na fase de lançamento, quando se faz a coisa certa para finalmente pôr as coisas a andar, porém o filme não as capta. (02/07/2019)

"He who walks with a clear conscience is not harmed by thunder!" +++ I couldn't have expressed the message of Let There Be Light any better, I'm just a bit worried whether this mantra is still valid in the current strange times we are living in. For more perceptive viewers, perhaps this film, which is brilliantly handled in every respect, provides an answer to such considerations. I would like to point out that Marko Škop as both a writer and director is starting to interest me more and more, as his feature debut Eva Nová was very good. (90%) (04/11/2020)