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The main hero of the film is an electrician with a far greater effect on the people around him than his job defines. He is the last link in a huge energetic system and he becomes the binding bridge between the geopolitical problems of post-soviet space and the common people.　　The economic devastation of the country had an enormous impact on the industrial workers and yet despite the upheaval, these people did not seize to love and suffer, to have and be friends and to enjoy their lives… In particular our resilient electrician, who possesses a wonderful and open heart. He not only brings electric light (which is often out) to the lives of the inhabitants of this small city, but he also spreads the light of love, loyalty, life and mainly laughter.

The lines start with “O Somma Luce” which is the title of the film and also the 67th line of the 33rd canto in “Paradiso” of Dante’s “Divine Comedy” to the end of “Paradiso”.  The film is completed with music and lines instead of emotions and narrations.  This is a recent attempt to combine film with literature.　　The film begins with a black screen and the music of Edgard Varese. The BGM is “Deserts” that was recorded in 1954. After some moments of darkness, the music ends and a middle-aged man sits on a hill, reciting something. He is Giorgio Passerone, an Italian literature professor, and he is reading out of the last part of ‘Paradiso’ of Dante’s Divine Comedy. Jean-Marie Straub expressed how he thinks of Dante through a subtle accent and dialect. The director who had encoded many great artists and musicians including Bach, complete the combination of Dante and Varese, which could seem strange. (Lim Kyung Yong)

在坑坑洼洼的路边，一小队妇女正在向村庄里的墓地前行。她们走得很郑重，好像正在参加什么仪式。走在最前面的分别是塔克拉、艾美尔、伊冯娜、艾法芙和赛德。她们捧着自己心爱的男人的照片，行走在正午的烈日下。照片上的这些男人都在毫无意义的战争中一命呜呼，只留下自己的家眷在国内辛苦地生活。一些妇女带着面纱，一些人则背着木质的十字架。她们身着黑色的衣服，虽然来自不同的地区、不同的家庭、有着不同的信仰，但是这一路上，她们共同的情绪就是——悲伤。　　到达墓地门口，出现了戏剧性的一幕：这些女人主动分成了两堆，一堆是穆斯林，另一堆则是基督徒。　　在这个被战争常年蹂躏的国家里，这一小群妇女打出的反战的旗号，并且身体力行地做着反战的事情。从外界到内部，她们都在经历着洗礼。所幸的是，她们的信念经过了怀疑、宗教和反对之声的考验，她们的友谊存活了下来。但是，当悲剧性的事件发生后，还会不会有人继续做着反战、祈祷和平的事情呢？