Japan

Japón, feature film, 2002

DIRECTED BY: Carlos Reygadas

Japan

CAST:
Alejandro Ferretis (muškarac),
Magdalena Flores (Ascen),
Yolanda Villa (Sabina),
Martín Serrano (Juan Luis),
Rolando Hernández (sudac)

SCRIPT:
Carlos Reygadas

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Diego Martínez Vignatti,
Thierry Tronchet

Synopsis:
Experiencing an existential crisis, an unidentified middle-aged man is travelling the Mexican countryside in a seemingly final journey. Unmotivated and tired of life, he is planning to commit suicide, but he wants to do it in a canyon. To prepare for death, he finds temporary accommodation with an older widow, an Indian Ascen. Nature around him, and getting to know the quiet, but benevolent and humane Ascen restore his lust for life.

color, digital, 130 min