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Japón
Directed by
Carlos Reygadas
R
2002
2h 14m
Drama
6.8
79%
73%
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A painter from the big city goes to a remote canyon to commit suicide. To reach some calmness, he stays at the farmstead of Ascen, an old, religious woman. Although but a few words are spoken, love grows.
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Cast of Japón
Alejandro Ferretis
The Man
Magdalena Flores
Ascen
Yolanda Villa
Sabina
Martín Serrano
Juan Luis
Rolando Hernández
The Judge
Bernabe Pérez
The Singer
Fernando Benítez
Fernando
Carlo Reygadas Barquín
The Hunter
Carlos Reygadas
Director / Writer / Producer
Japón Ratings & Reviews
Lessons of Darkness
Nick Schager
Nothing shy of enthralling.
Seattle Times
Jeff Shannon
If you're in synch with its heartbeat, and with Reygadas' tendency to pursue visual detours that intensify the film's sensual impact, this is a remarkable first effort that is equal parts disturbing, bold, mysterious and primal.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Nick Carter
Its pretensions have the ring of, if not exactly a vanity project, a strictly personal obsession.
FilmFestivals.com
Moira Sullivan
The sacrificed female body is used to resurrect a condemned soul and with her ascension comes the spiritual renewal of (The) Man.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
An obscure and haunting and unpredictable parable.
Arizona Daily Star
Phil Villarreal
All these references, though, form a jambalaya that doesn't go down so easy.
Austin Chronicle
Marjorie Baumgarten
The one thing that is clear from Japn is that a major new visual stylist has hit the screen and that Reygadas' first film represents the beginning of an auspicious career.
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
Unfolding at an elliptical pace that feels like a revelation, or tedium, or both, Japon recalls the glory days of 1970s art-house filmmaking.
Los Angeles Times
Manohla Dargis
Unlike a lot of young filmmakers, the 31-year-old Reygadas takes his ideas about the world and our place in it as seriously as his filmmaking ambitions.
L.A. Weekly
John Powers
Reygadas grapples with the most elemental of issues ... and the result is sly, touching and more than a little loony.
Chicago Tribune
Patrick Z. McGavin
It is the work of a remarkable new talent.
New York Magazine/Vulture
Peter Rainer
Reygadas has an impressive eye for otherworldly landscapes and an impressive ear, too.
Christian Science Monitor
David Sterritt
It's not a movie to see if you're in a hurry, but its deliberate pace and thoughtful mood are refreshing antidotes to the hyperactive speed of most Hollywood pictures.
TV Guide
Ken Fox
Strange and beautifully expressive.
New York Times
A.O. Scott
Reygadas has talent to match his ambitions; or, rather, gifts that undercut them sufficiently to give his film a prickly, haunting poignancy.
New York Post
V.A. Musetto
This debut feature of Carlos Reygadas is a startling achievement.
Village Voice
J. Hoberman
A notably confident and achieved debut, amazingly shot in 16mm Cinemascope.
The Hollywood Reporter
Richard James Havis
This excellent debut by Mexican director Carlos Reygadas exhibits a maturity rarely seen in a first film.
Eye for Film
Amber Wilkinson
The breadth and depth of Japon belies its standing as a directorial debut.
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