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Synopsis: 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.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Carlos Reygadas
Production: Strand Releasing
  6 wins & 7 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.6
Metacritic:
69
Rotten Tomatoes:
57%
NOT RATED
Year:
2012
115 min
$18,544
478 Views


Tomorrow at seven!

Yes, at seven.

OK, let's go now...

No, sit down for a while.

Sit down, Juan.

What's up?

So do you lend them this house?

When I came up here,

they lent me the land and I built it,

but now I lend it to them.

I don't make any money off it

or anything.

- It's just to help them out.

- And now? Where do you live?

I've got a better house.

I just lived here when I arrived.

How did you end up here?

It's a long story, man,

but I'll make it short.

Tell me, tell me...

When I was a boy, about 13,

it was just another day in my house.

I was sitting on the sofa watching TV,

and I heard noises from another room.

So I peeped in.

There was my dad

and my 15-year-old sister having sex.

He was a f***ing alcoholic.

He left us, my mum, my brothers.

He f***ed off. They had a family.

I did everything I could

to f*** the idiot up,

but I only f***ed myself up.

I ended up on drugs, alcohol.

I was a thief, too.

Total f***ing mess, my friend.

I also had a family.

Haven't seen them since. I had kids.

How come you didn't see them again?

I battered my wife, kids. I was cruel.

I was alright,

but I was an alcoholic, a drug addict.

They forced me into a clinic.

I was there six, seven months.

I don't know where they are now.

There was nothing left in the house,

not even a light bulb.

So I ended up here.

Then I met these people and...

...with the help of my godfather,

the group and God,

I hope to see them again one day.

So what's your problem, Juanito?

Mine's not really a problem

compared to what I've just heard.

Mine's just something small.

Have you ever heard of the internet?

That load of sh*t

of email and Bluetooth?

Yeah. You can find a lot of information

there, whatever you want.

Even pornography. A lot of it.

So, I got hooked

watching it at night.

Before going to sleep,

I have to go watch some,

otherwise I can't sleep

and can't even screw the wife, man.

But it can be cured. Let's go now.

I'll walk you to your car.

I've been doing this for eight years

and I've seen a lot.

How long does each of

the 12 steps take?

C'mon, dogs!

One or two years.

What step are you on?

To be honest, I'm on the first.

Jesus,Seven!

No, girls, be careful!

Careful! Don't point it at people!

- Cheers!

- Cheers, cousin.

Have you seen the coat

Achito's son's wearing?

It's a little coat down to here.

It's blue. F***ing cool.

Business is bad, like everything else.

- Don't tell me...

- I do tell you.

Nothing is happening.

We're just sitting and waiting.

Impatiently.

Do you have a lighter

for the firecrackers?

- No!

- But we'll get you one.

Hey, Lore.

Lorena has grown so much!

- Hello!

- Uncle.

Dude. How are you all? Merry Christmas.

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Carlos Reygadas

Carlos Reygadas Castillo (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkarlos reiˈɣaðas]; born October 10, 1971) is a Mexican filmmaker. Influenced by existentialist art and philosophy, Reygadas' movies feature spiritual journeys into the inner worlds of his main characters, through which themes of love, suffering, death, and life's meaning are explored. Reygadas has been described as "the one-man third wave of Mexican cinema"; his works are generally considered art films, and are known for their expressionistic cinematography, long takes, and emotionally charged stories. His first and third films, Japón (2002) and Silent Light (2007), made him one of Latin America's most prominent writer-directors, with various critics having named Silent Light as one of the best films of its decade. His films Battle in Heaven (2005) and Post Tenebras Lux (2012) divided critics. more…

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