| When the Light Comes Licht | |
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| Directed by | Stijn Coninx |
| Written by | Heleen van der Laan Jean van de Velde |
| Produced by | Paul Voorthuysen |
| Cinematography | Theo Bierkens |
| Edited by | Ludo Troch |
| Music by | Dirk Brossé |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Concorde Film |
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Running time | 115 minutes |
| Countries | Germany Belgium Netherlands Denmark |
| Language | English |
When the Light Comes (Belgium: Licht, Netherlands: Waar blijft het licht, Germany: Die Stunde des Lichts) is a 1998 German-Dutch[1] /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,[2][3] the film has "themes of isolation, forced cohabitation and relationship building between two totally different people in extremely harsh living conditions".[4] The score was composed by Dirk Brossé and the film was produced by Favourite Films and distributed by Concorde Film.[5][6][7]
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- ^ Mosley, Philip (2001). Split Screen: Belgian Cinema and Cultural Identity. SUNY Press. p. 177. ISBN 978-0-7914-4748-2. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
- ^ Filippo, H.; Pelzers, E. (20 May 2007). Noord-Scandinavie, Lapland, Noordkaap, Lofoten, Spitsbergen (in Dutch). Uitgeverij Elmar. p. 412. ISBN 978-90-389-1745-0. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
- ^ "Stijn Coninx - Biografie" (PDF) (in Dutch). Belgian Society of Authors, Composers and Publishers (SABAM). Retrieved 25 May 2012.
- ^ Erfdeel, Stichting Ons (2000). The Low Countries: arts and society in Flanders and the Netherlands, a yearbook. Flemish-Netherlands Foundation "Stichting Ons Erfdeel, ". p. 220. ISBN 9789075862423. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
- ^ Cowie, Peter (1998). Variety international film guide. André Deutsch. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-233-99183-2. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
- ^ "When the Light Comes" (in Dutch). Film Krant. Retrieved 25 May 2012.