When the Light Comes

When the Light Comes (1998)

Licht

A young woman spends an adventurous winter with a trapper on Spitsbergen.

Date of release
1998-01-29
TMDB
4.8 / 10 (10)
Runtime
1h 55m
Genres
Adventure, Drama, Romance
Director
Stijn Coninx

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Iceland
  • Awards: 1 · Nominations: 0. Including: Tromsø International Film Festival's audience award

When the Light Comes is a 1998 German-Dutch /Belgian romantic adventure film drama directed by Stijn Coninx, and starring Francesca Vanthielen, Joachim Król and Rick Engelkes. The film is based on an autobiography of the then 19-year-old student in Amsterdam Heleen van der Laan who spent the winter in Svalbard living with a fur trapper. It was adapted for the screen with the aid of Jean van de Velde. Essentially a love story set in northern Scandinavia, the film has "themes of isolation, forced cohabitation and relationship building between two totally different people in extremely harsh living conditions".

Production

The film was shot in 35 mm on location in northern Norway and Iceland. Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam also appeared in the film. Director Coninx describes the film as "A small story in a grand setting". He said in Dutch, "We did it in different ways. As a dream for example, or as a bet. Many men will not understand this girl.

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