Casey Affleckis making his feature narrative debut behind the camera — and PEOPLE has an exclusive first look.
Affleck’s character disguises his daughter as a boy, complete with a buzz haircut and oversized clothing.
“I’m the only girl of my species. Or the only one I ever saw,” she says. “Do I have the plague?”
The father says, “No, you don’t have the plague. But just because people aren’t getting sick anymore doesn’t mean the world is right again,” as a newspaper reads, “QTB devastates the female population.”
As the duo seek shelter during a harsh winter, the two come across a group of men who seem to know the child is a girl.
“They’re looking for me because I’m a girl,” she says.
Her father reassures her that despite the danger they’re in, he’ll always find her.
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“Even if someone tied me up and stabbed me and knocked me down and put me in a block of ice and dropped me in the bottom of the ocean,” he says. “I’ll get up and get free and come find you.”
Affleck’s film stars Anna Pniowsky as his daughter, as well as Elisabeth Moss as his deceased wife.
The film world premiered earlier this year at the Berlin Film Festival.
Light of My Lifeis in theaters, On Demand and on digital Aug. 9.
source: people.com
