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- 2013
- Not Rated
- Strand Releasing
- 1 h 55 m
- 2013
- Not Rated
- Strand Releasing
- 1 h 55 m
Summary An urban family moves to the Mexican countryside, where they enjoy and suffer a world apart.
- 2013
- Not Rated
- Strand Releasing
- 1 h 55 m
- 2013
- Not Rated
- Strand Releasing
- 1 h 55 m
Post Tenebras Lux
70
6.0
Where to Watch
Summary An urban family moves to the Mexican countryside, where they enjoy and suffer a world apart.
Where to Watch
Top Cast
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 20 Critic Reviews
70
60% Positive
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
35% Mixed
7 Reviews
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5% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 20 Critic Reviews
70
60% Positive
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
35% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
5% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
I also understood that while this movie is deliberately constructed so that almost nobody will “get it” or like it – and I’m not sure how I feel about that perversity – it’s a masterpiece despite that, or because of that or just anyway.
Confusion often reigns here, but the film offers a degree of lush beauty that makes sitting through it well worth the occasional frustrations.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 15 User Ratings
6.0
40% Positive
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40% Mixed
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6 Ratings
20% Negative
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 15 User Ratings
6.0
40% Positive
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
40% Mixed
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
20% Negative
3 Ratings
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Some metaphors score and some miss, but this is leap-of-faith cinema: the rewards entail some risks.
The issue with Post Tenebras Lux is that the narrative, not the filmmaker, feels dispiritedly half-baked.
An irritating, baffling, fascinating film.
There's visual poetry here, in small doses, but it doesn't take long for one's patience to run out.
Pretty pictures alone do not in themselves great cinema make - not for the first time, Reygadas' waywardly wilful approach to screenwriting and structure severely outweighs whatever fleeting pleasures his movies may impart.
Production Company
No Dream Cinema,
Mantarraya Producciones,
Le Pacte,
Arte France Cinéma,
Fondo para la Producción Cinematográfica de Calidad (FOPROCINE),
The Match Factory,
Ticoman,
Topkapi Films,
ARTE,
Fonds Sud Cinéma,
Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC),
Ministère des Affaires étrangères et du Développement International,
Film- und Medienstiftung NRW,
Nederlands Filmfonds,
Servicios Andrómeda Films
Release Date May 1, 2013
Duration 1 h 55 m
Rating Not Rated
Genres
Tagline light after darkness
Awards
Lima Latin American Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Cannes Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Cinemanila International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
