Juan and his urban family live in the Mexican countryside, where they enjoy and suffer a world apart. And nobody knows if these two worlds are complementary or if they strive to eliminate one another.
Mexican experimentalist Carlos Reygadas offers a perplexing, plotless plod about a dysfunctional family living in the countryside.
A probing, ambitious and frequently exasperating work from Mexican visionary Carlos Reygadas.
There’s no denying that Reygadas – clearly frustrated by the strictures of traditional filmmaking – has the ability to create forceful images, but that’s not the same thing as creating a persuasive work of art.
An irritating, baffling, fascinating film.
Reygadas' big ideas translate with mixed results.
Though it appears entirely oblique and self- involved, Reygadas’ fourth film may well be his finest yet.
This is a mysterious work rather than a mystifying one.
A confusing work in which past, present and fantasy alternate.
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Edinburgh Filmhouse, Edinburgh from Friday March 22, 2013, until Thursday March 28, 2013. More info: www.filmhousecinema.com
Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow from Friday March 22, 2013, until Thursday March 28, 2013. More info: http://www.glasgowfilm.org/theatre/
Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee from Friday April 5, 2013, until Thursday April 11, 2013. More info: www.dca.org.uk