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.
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Cast
- Adolfo Jimenez CastroJuan
- Nathalia AcevedoNatalia
- Willebaldo TorresSiete
- Rut ReygadasRut
- Eleazar ReygadasEleazar
- Suemi ValderramaSamantha
Recommendations
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Total Film
Some metaphors score and some miss, but this is leap-of-faith cinema: the rewards entail some risks. - 67
IndieWire
The issue with Post Tenebras Lux is that the narrative, not the filmmaker, feels dispiritedly half-baked. - 63
Slant Magazine
Carlos Reygadas's latest, an almost impossibly intellectual film, keeps us at a remove that's as striking as that which separates its main character from the lower classes. - 60
The Guardian
An irritating, baffling, fascinating film. - 60
Time Out London
The film’s said to be autobiographical, but that’s entirely left to us to guess. - 58
The Playlist
Post Tenebras Lux is certainly unique, but Reygadas is often intensely more interested in provoking his audience than actually fleshing out his heady ideas. - 50
Portland Oregonian
There's visual poetry here, in small doses, but it doesn't take long for one's patience to run out. - 50
Variety
The title, signifying “light after darkness,” derives from the Latin translation of the Book of Job, an appropriate source given that a considerable amount of the prophet’s proverbial patience is required. Not that the pic doesn’t have its frequent rewards.
