Japón

Already in his sensational feature film debut Reygadas proves his ability of creating completely unique and inscrutable characters – a central element of his cinematic explorations of the surface of the world and human beings’ existential self-flagellation. In a plot reminiscent of Abbas Kiarostami, an aging artist withdraws into the desolate Mexican countryside to take his own life. However, his melancholic character is forced into something other than apathy by the merciless landscape and the old god-fearing woman with whom he is lodging. mm