Synopsis
“In this preternaturally assured feature debut by
Carlos Reygadas, a man (
Alejandro Ferretis) travels from Mexico City to an isolated village to commit suicide; once there, however, he meets a pious elderly woman (
Magdalena Flores) whose quiet humanity incites a reawakening of his desires. Recruiting a cast of non-actors and filming in sublime 16 mm CinemaScope, Reygadas explores the harsh beauty of the Mexican countryside with earthy tactility, conjuring a psychic landscape where religion mingles with sex, life coexists with death, and the animal and spiritual sides of human experience become indistinguishable. A work of soaring ambition and startling visual poetry,
Japón is an existential journey through uncharted cinematic territory that established the singular voice of its director.” – Janus Films
