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  • 2018
  • The Cinema Guild
  • 1 h 34 m
  • 2018
  • The Cinema Guild
  • 1 h 34 m

Summary An immersive and enthralling journey through the Sonoran Desert on the U.S.-Mexico border, El Mar La Mar weaves together harrowing oral histories from the area with hand-processed 16mm images of flora, fauna and items left behind by travelers. Subjects speak of intense, mythic experiences in the desert: A man tells of a fifteen-foot-tall...

Directed By: Joshua Bonnetta, J.P. Sniadecki

  • 2018
  • The Cinema Guild
  • 1 h 34 m
  • 2018
  • The Cinema Guild
  • 1 h 34 m

El Mar La Mar

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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Summary An immersive and enthralling journey through the Sonoran Desert on the U.S.-Mexico border, El Mar La Mar weaves together harrowing oral histories from the area with hand-processed 16mm images of flora, fauna and items left behind by travelers. Subjects speak of intense, mythic experiences in the desert: A man tells of a fifteen-foot-tall...

Directed By: Joshua Bonnetta, J.P. Sniadecki

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Generally Favorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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90
Feb 22, 2018
The result is simultaneously elusive and concrete: abstract cinema that packs a punch.
By Ben Kenigsberg FULL REVIEW
88
Feb 20, 2018
The film's approach to exploring the Sonoran Desert and topic of immigration often veers toward the avant-garde.
By Kenji Fujishima FULL REVIEW
80
Aug 14, 2018
Immersive, disorienting, frightening: this experimental documentary takes its form from the landscape it explores.
By Wendy Ide FULL REVIEW
80
Feb 22, 2018
Nothing here is hurried, but it does fascinate.
By Alan Scherstuhl FULL REVIEW
60
Aug 14, 2018
Their film pushes the limits of documentary filmmaking and will likely push the tolerance of viewers. This is a demanding watch, the arthouse cinema equivalent of the marshmallow experiment, testing the attention span of audiences.
By Cath Clarke FULL REVIEW

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Release Date Feb 23, 2018
Duration 1 h 34 m
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Website https://www.berlinale.de/external/de/filmarchiv/doku_pdf/201718907_en.pdf
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Awards

Berlin International Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
IndieLisboa International Independent Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Olhar de Cinema - Curitiba International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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