Light Light Light (OmU)

Summer 1986. An atomic reactor explodes in Chernobyl, and in a small town in western Finland, emotions explode. Mimi is the new girl in class and instantly fills the life of 15-year-old Mariia with radiant light. The two kiss on the beach, share their fears, and experience first love. The fact that they come from different social backgrounds is completely irrelevant to the teenagers, not even fully realized. Twenty years later, Mariia returns to her hometown to care for her seriously ill mother. Suddenly, memories of that summer, which changed everything, come flooding back. Light Light Light is based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Finnish author Vilja-Tuulia Huotarinen. Director Inari Niemi skillfully shifts between time periods, telling a story full of melancholy and illuminated imagery about growing up in a time of abstract threats and social divides. A captivating, romantic coming-of-age film with an '80s vibe.