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Japón
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Japón () is a 2002 film by the Mexican director Carlos Reygadas. It was Reygadas' debut feature, which was shot on anamorphic 16-millimeter film in a 2.66:1 screen aspect ratio.
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6.6A 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 only a few words are spoken, love grows.
Cast
- Alejandro Ferretis as The Man
- Magdalena Flores as Ascen
- Yolanda Villa as Sabina
- Martín Serrano as Juan Luis
- Rolando Hernández as The Judge
- Bernabe Pérez as The Singer
Themes
- new mexican cinema
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Ratings
IMDb
6.9/10
4,008 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
79%
Metacritic
76/100
- Year
- 2002
- Runtime
- 122 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 16 wins & 10 nominations
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- Netherlands
- Original language
- Spanish
- Director
- Carlos Reygadas
- Screenwriter
- Carlos Reygadas
- Composer
- Dmitri Shostakovich
- Producer
- Carlos Reygadas
- Narrative location
- Mexico
- Duration
- 130
- FilmAffinity ID
- 344923
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 2003-06-05
- title
- Japón
- nominated for
- Ariel Award for Best Actress
- distributed by
- Netflix
- film format
- 16 mm film
- review score
- 7.4/10
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Plot summary
- Production
- Reception
- Controversy
- Awards
- References
- External links
Japón () is a 2002 film by the Mexican director Carlos Reygadas. It was Reygadas' debut feature, which was shot on anamorphic 16-millimeter film in a 2.66:1 screen aspect ratio.
==Plot summary== The film follows a man going through an acute existential crisis. He leaves Mexico City to go out to the country and prepare for his death, staying with an old indigenous widow in her ramshackle home overlooking a desolate canyon. In the vastness of a wild and impressive nature, he confronts the infinite humanity of the widow and oscillates between cruelty and lyricism. His senses become dull, arousing his desires and instincts for sexuality and life.
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