Search a film or person :
FacebookConnectionRegistration
Home > All films > Films Documentary > In the Beginning There Was Light
In the Beginning There Was Light is a autrichien film of genre Documentary released in USA on 11 april 2013

In the Beginning There Was Light (2010)

In the Beginning There Was Light
If you like this film, let us know!
Released in USA 11 april 2013
Length 1h35
OriginAustria
Rating60% 3.001353.001353.001353.001353.00135

In The Beginning There Was Light is a documentary film by Austrian director P. A. Straubinger on the subject of inedia. Straubinger visits several people who supposedly nourish themselves with "light" and tries to find possible explanations on how inedia might work. P. A. Straubinger researched inedia for ten years. This led to the film’s production, which took five years. The film premiered on May 13, 2010 at the Cannes Film Festival. "In The Beginning There Was Light" was shown all over the world and became one of the most successful feature documentaries in Austrian cinema history.

Synopsis

P.A. Straubinger first encounters inedia in a television documentary about Nicholas of Flüe, a 15th-century ascetic who was reported to have lived 19 years without eating. Later, Straubinger starts research on the internet and subsequently has the desire to meet people practising inedia. He travels through different countries and interviews people who claim to nourish themselves with light, vitality, Prana or Qi, among them Jasmuheen, Michael Werner and "Mataji" Prahlad Jani. Straubinger also consults different people from classical and alternative medicine and science and looks for explanatory models for inedia. Straubinger conveys that for him, the materialistic world view of modern science falls short.

Trailer of In the Beginning There Was Light

Bluray, DVD

Streaming / VOD

Source : Wikidata

Comments


Leave comment :

Suggestions of similar film to In the Beginning There Was Light

There are 8860 with the same cinematographic genres, 16 films with the same themes, to have finally 70 suggestions of similar films.

If you liked In the Beginning There Was Light, you will probably like those similar films :
The Possessed
The Possessed (2009)
, 1h20
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Documentary, Horror
Themes Documentary films about the paranormal, Ghost films
Rating45% 2.2570252.2570252.2570252.2570252.257025
The movie is based upon the events surrounding what became known as the 'Watseka Wonder'. Using period photographs, dramatic recreations, and interviews with subject experts, it addresses what is allegedly the first well-documented and recorded spirit possession story in America of 1877, and the subsequent recorded "possessions" suffered by Lurancy.
Bells from the Deep
Bells from the Deep (1993)
, 1h
Directed by Werner Herzog
Origin German
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about religion, Documentary films about the paranormal, Documentary films about religion
Actors Werner Herzog
Rating72% 3.636333.636333.636333.636333.63633
Les Cloches des profondeurs est un documentaire d'investigation du réalisateur allemand Werner Herzog sur le mysticisme en Russie. Il est composé de plusieurs sous-parties, annoncées par des chapitres. Schématiquement, la première moitié du documentaire est consacrée aux guérisseurs religieux russes, tandis que la seconde partie s'intéresse de plus près à la légende de la cité perdue de Kitej.
What the #$*! Do We (K)now!?
What the #$*! Do We (K)now!? (2004)
, 1h49
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Documentary
Themes Documentary films about the paranormal
Actors Marlee Matlin, Elaine Hendrix, Barry Newman, Robert Bailey, Jr., John Ross Bowie, Armin Shimerman
Rating51% 2.59992.59992.59992.59992.5999
Filmed in Portland, Oregon, What the Bleep Do We Know!? presents a viewpoint of the physical universe and human life within it, with connections to neuroscience and quantum physics. Some ideas discussed in the film are:
The Man Who Saw Tomorrow
The Man Who Saw Tomorrow (1981)
, 1h30
Genres Drama, Documentary
Themes Documentary films about the paranormal
Actors Orson Welles, David Burke
Rating60% 3.006323.006323.006323.006323.00632
L'homme qui a vu demain est un film de style documentaire de 1981 sur les prédictions de l'astrologue et médecin français Michel de Notredame. L'Homme qui vit demain est raconté par Orson Welles.
Almanach 1999-2000
Almanach 1999-2000 (1999)
, 48minutes
Directed by Denys Desjardins
Origin Quebec
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about the paranormal

At the brink of year 2000, a time when Nostradamus and other prophets predicted doomsday, a cosmic meltdown, Almanach 1999-2000 takes a humorous look at the world of divination. A fiscinating trip to the very heart of the strange, this film opens up the spheres of the paranormal, giving us an opportunity to discover an entire gallery of colourful personalities (psychic, astrologist, prophet, sceptic, philosopher, grower, etc.) who manage to cast doubt on our entire relationship with the future.