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  • 2009
  • Not Rated
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 29 m
  • 2009
  • Not Rated
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 29 m
Lake Tahoe

Summary Teenage Juan crashes his family's car into a telegraph pole on the outskirts of town, and then scours the streets searching for someone to help him fix it. His quest will bring him to Don Heber, an old paranoid mechanic whose only companion is Sica, his almost human boxer dog; to Lucía, a young mother who is convinced that her real place...

Directed By: Fernando Eimbcke

Written By: Paula Markovitch, Fernando Eimbcke

  • 2009
  • Not Rated
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 29 m
  • 2009
  • Not Rated
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 29 m

Lake Tahoe

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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Summary Teenage Juan crashes his family's car into a telegraph pole on the outskirts of town, and then scours the streets searching for someone to help him fix it. His quest will bring him to Don Heber, an old paranoid mechanic whose only companion is Sica, his almost human boxer dog; to Lucía, a young mother who is convinced that her real place...

Directed By: Fernando Eimbcke

Written By: Paula Markovitch, Fernando Eimbcke

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Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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86% Positive
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14% Mixed
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Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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86% Positive
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14% Mixed
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Exquisitely captured in natural light by the cinematographer Alexis Zabé, Juan’s journey is framed by sherbet-colored houses and lemon sidewalks, dipping palm fronds and a burnished, turquoise horizon. The director calls his style "artisan cinema"; I just call it dreamy.
By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW
75
With Lake Tahoe, Mexican filmmaker Fernando Eimbcke proves himself adept at turning a blank screen into a work of art.
By V.A. Musetto FULL REVIEW
70
Eimbcke's droll rhythms are reminiscent of early Jim Jarmusch and Aki Kaurismäki--here stylistically appropriate for a film about social and emotional inertia.
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70
Veteran Yucatan stage actor Hector Herrera is a delight as the suspicious old garageman who gives Juan an important lesson about letting go.
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70
A surprisingly refreshing experience, especially in a season of infernal cinematic busyness.
By Andrew O'Hehir FULL REVIEW
63
In the end, the sparse dialogue and lengthy scenes make the film feel as leaden and listless as Juan's sputtering engine.
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50
A lazy exercise in cute minimalist humor, low-budget but visually glossy Mexican film Lake Tahoe is so dry and slight that it threatens to drift right off the screen.
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Production Company CinePantera, Fidecine, Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía (IMCINE), NHK Enterprises, Sundance Institute
Release Date Jul 10, 2009
Duration 1 h 29 m
Rating Not Rated
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Awards

Ariel Awards, Mexico
• 3 Wins & 7 Nominations
Cartagena Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
Berlin International Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations

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