Jauja

Drama, Western

A father and daughter journey from Denmark to an unknown desert that exists in a realm beyond the confines of civilization.

More information on this production is available at www.sodapictures.com.

The critical consensus

Challengingly spellbinding.

(*) David Parkinson, Empire Online, 06/04/2015

Miraculous. Blithely does its own thing, but with staggering assurance and artistry.

David Jenkins, Little White Lies, 09/04/2015

Viggo Mortensen lends star power to a strange and opaque reworking of The Searchers, set amid an eerie South American landscape.

(*) (*) Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 09/04/2015

It is undoubtedly beautiful, brooding and enigmatic, with Mortensen's grizzled presence holding the attention, but quite what it all means leaves you scratching your head in puzzlement.

(*) (*) Allan Hunter, Daily Express, 10/04/2015

(*) (*) Alistair Harkness, The Scotsman, 11/04/2015

All in all, a quietly magical piece of cinema, a mind-bender of the subtlest kind.

(*) Jonathan Romney, The Observer, 12/04/2015

Where and when?

Edinburgh Filmhouse, Edinburgh from Friday April 10, 2015, until Thursday April 16, 2015. More info: www.filmhousecinema.com

Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow from Friday April 17, 2015, until Thursday April 23, 2015. More info: http://www.glasgowfilm.org/theatre/

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