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| runtime = 115 minutes<ref name=bbfc>{{cite web |title=''Empire of Light'' (15) |url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/empire-of-light-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0xmda3mtq0 |publisher=[[British Board of Film Classification|BBFC]] |access-date=4 January 2022}}</ref>
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'''''Empire of Light''''' is a 2022 British-American [[romantic drama film]] directed, written, and co-produced by [[Sam Mendes]]. Set in an English coastal town in the early 1980s, the film is about the power of human connection during turbulent times. It stars [[Olivia Colman]], [[Micheal Ward]], [[Monica Dolan]], [[Tom Brooke]], [[Tanya Moodie]], [[Hannah Onslow]], [[Crystal Clarke]], [[Toby Jones]] and [[Colin Firth]].
The film had its world premiere at the [[49th Telluride Film Festival]] on 3 September 2022, and was released by [[
==Plot==
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[[Matt Zoller Seitz]] of ''[[RogerEbert.com]]'', rating the film 2.5 out of 4 stars, wrote that it "starts out a bit dim and unfocused and becomes sharper and more illuminating as it unreels." He also praised [[Roger Deakins]]' cinematography and [[Olivia Colman]]'s performance, but was more critical of the character of Stephen: "[H]e remains an abstraction for too long, to the point where it looks like the film is setting him up as more of a plot device (or sacrificial lamb) than a man. The movie trembles with intimations of impending doom for Stephen, and the dialogue mentions then-recent racial incidents. But [Sam] Mendes presents his anger, fear and distress with the same dissociated stare that freezes Hilary in her tracks when she sees skinheads tormenting Stephen on a sidewalk."<ref>{{cite web |last=Seitz |first=Matt Zoller |author-link=Matt Zoller Seitz |title=Empire of Light movie review & film summary (2022) |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/empire-of-light-movie-review-2022 |access-date=23 January 2023 |work=[[RogerEbert.com]]}}</ref>
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