Synopsis
A father and daughter journey from Denmark to an unknown desert that exists in a realm beyond the confines of civilization.
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Cast
- Viggo MortensenGunnar Dinesen
- Ghita NørbyWoman in the cave
- Viilbjørk Malling AggerIngeborg / Viilbjørk
- Adrián FondariLieutenant Pittaluga
- Esteban BigliardiAngel Milkibar
- Diego Román Harillo
- Mariano Arce
- Misael Saavedra
- Gabriel Marquez
- Brian Patterson
Recommendations
- 100
Village Voice
Even beyond its charismatic star, Jauja is captivating, not least because of Alonso's ability to capture the cruel beauty of the natural landscape — you can almost see the earth itself refusing to accept European imperialism blithely. - 88
Slant Magazine
Other films of this ilk use widescreen composition to highlight a terrifying existential void, but these cramped frames tend to produce the nutty energy of cabin fever. - 83
The A.V. Club
Everything signals birth—of Argentina, cinema, the nuclear family—until Dinesen descends into a womb-like cave and Jauja takes a hard left turn into enigma. Even the title is a mystery, the Spanish byword for a land of plenty. - 80
Variety
In Jauja, Alsonso saves his most dazzling trick for last: a sudden plunge down a Lynchian rabbit hole that should, by all means, rupture the film’s hypnotizing atmosphere, but instead pulls the viewer in even deeper. - 80
Time Out
A Lynchian coda upends the entire film, raising several questions and resolving none. Fans of rigorous storytelling may find it to be one whimsical step too far, but others will marvel at this miraculous coup de théâtre. Jauja is a film to make you wonder. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
The last sequence takes the esoterism one step farther, in a beautiful ending that seems to link European wealth to those long-ago events in Latin America. - 63
New York Post
With ravishing landscapes, violent political allegory and a glacial narrative that takes an abrupt left turn in the third act: Lisandro Alonso’s Jauja resolutely checks every 2015 art-film box. - 60
CineVue
It is a demanding watch, but at the same time, Alonso's latest has a bizarre, beguiling quality which drifts towards the sublime even if it never quite gets to its destination.
