Synopsis
Ten years after a tsunami destroyed a small-town elementary school with all the children inside, a young man builds a mysterious structure out of the school's remains, setting the town aflame with passions long forgotten.
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Cast
- Martin SheenFather Douglas
- Sunshine LogroñoOscar
- Julio RamosBigo
- Leslie Van ZandtIngrid
- Marisé ÁlvarezMariela
- Aris MejiasSoraya
- Lucas QuintanaLeo
- Jacqueline DupreyFidelia
- Hiram DelgadoGabriel
- Jorge Luis RamosPedro
Recommendations
- 83
The Film Stage
As powerfully felt and gorgeously realized as anything one may see on screen this year. - 80
Village Voice
Quintana's emphasis on Jungian dream logic gives his otherwise spartan parable a compelling mythic dimension. The Vessel may bring Malick to mind, but it also feels like a major work by an exciting new talent. - 78
Austin Chronicle
The Vessel speaks eloquently. It’s a testament to the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things unseen. - 70
Variety
Cuban-American writer-director Julio Quintana’s feature debut has an understated formal loveliness that helps offset its more heavy-handed allegorical inclinations. - 70
Los Angeles Times
It’s a strange brew: stark yet beautiful, urgent yet dreamlike. - 70
The New York Times
The Vessel is a modest, but not maudlin, parable of hope about mustering the strength to vigorously plunge again into life’s uncertainties after a devastating loss. - 60
The Hollywood Reporter
Filmed in a gorgeous, dreamlike style and Infused with heavy doses of mysticism and allegory, The Vessel is an impressive effort that loses some of its impact, however, for being so derivative. - 50
San Francisco Chronicle
Quintana brings a stunning visual flair to his film, and Sheen has a fine moment when he ponders the thin line between miracles and tragedies. But we keep waiting for the film to wash over us, and it never quite does.
