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Janus Films
Directed by: Carlos Reygadas
Featuring: Alejandro Ferretis, Magdalena Flores, Carlos Reygadas, Martín Serrano, Rolando Hernández, Yolanda Villa, Claudia Rodríguez, Bernabé Pérez
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 nonactors 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.
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Format: DVD
Aspect Ratio:
2.66:1 (Anamorphic)
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Spanish 2.0 Dolby Digital Surround
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English
Region:
1
Discs:
2 Discs |
DVD-9
Supplements
- New conversation between Carlos Reygadas and filmmaker Amat Escalante
- Video diary shot by actor Alejandro Ferretis during the film’s production
- Adulte, a short film directed by Reygadas in 1998
- Deleted scene
- Trailer
- A new essay by novelist Valeria Luiselli
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