Directed by:
Carlos ReygadasScreenplay:
Carlos ReygadasCinematography:
Alexis ZabéCast:
Adolfo Jiménez Castro, Nathalia Acevedo, Willebaldo Torres, Rut Reygadas, Mitsy Ferrand, Joakim Chardonnens, Ander Vérez, Eleazar Reygadas (more)Plots(1)
Although largely non-linear in its structure, preferring instead to show a series of striking images from the past, present and possible futures, there is a clear centre to the film. Juan (Adolfo Jiménez Castro) is a wealthy industrialist who has chosen to live with his wife and two children away from the trappings of wealth and the city. Yet isolation in this superficially idyllic rural landscape seems to have brought little peace to his world. Juan’s marriage to Natalia (Nathalia Acevedo) is suffering under the strain of sexual ennui, the banal rigors of bringing up young children and living in a community where he is clearly an outsider. (Independent Cinema Office)
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A test of the audience's patience and willingness to go along with the film. This is a "festival film" in the worst sense of the word, although I admit without irony that I send my respect to the audience who can find something in this for themselves. ()
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