Synopsis
The story of an upscale, urban family whose move to the Mexican countryside results in domestic crises and class friction, is a stunningly photographed, impressionistic psychological portrait of a family and their place within the sublime, unforgiving natural world. Reygadas conjures a host of unforgettable, ominous images: a haunting sequence at dusk as Reygadas’s real-life daughter wanders a muddy field and farm animals loudly circle and thunder and lightning threaten; a glowing-red demon gliding through the rooms of a home; a husband and wife visiting a swingers’ bathhouse with rooms named after famous philosophers. By turns entrancing and mystifying, POST TENEBRAS LUX palpably explores the primal conflicts of the human condition.
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Movie Details
| Netherlands Releases: | February 28th, 2013 (Wide) |
| MPAA Rating: | Not Rated |
| Running Time: | 115 minutes |
| Keywords: | Life in a Small Town, Autobiographical, Inspired by a True Story, Suicide |
| Source: | Original Screenplay |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Contemporary Fiction |
| Production/Financing Companies: | NoDream Cinema, Mantarraya, Le Pacte, Arte France Cinema, Foprocine, Imcine, The Match Factory, Topkapi, Ticoman |
| Production Countries: | France, Germany, Mexico, Netherlands |
| Languages: | English, French, Spanish |
