The light-absorbing composition according to the present invention includes: a light absorber made of a phosphonic acid represented by the following formula (A) and copper ion; and a curable resin. Alight-absorbing film having desired properties can be provided by curing a coating film of the light-absorbing composition. In the formula (A), R1 to R5 are each independently a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydroxy group, or a nitro group, and n represents an integer of 1 to 3.