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Today's film was one of those post realism works that keeps the watcher on his toes.

Or on his ass.

Nothing is easy in Carlos Reygadas'

Post Tenebras Lux (2012)

This means "after dark, light".

And the light does fall. There is a lot of dark/light stuff. There are at least two plots that do not connect except tangentially. There are various "thought problems" as in WTF?

It is quite entertaining. I do not think that it is deep. But it is very wide.

I love non-traditional films like this. They puzzle and they also shock and if they are good they integrate the unknowns into a kind of whole that makes sense. It is, unfortunately for you or not, the kind of sense that only a viewer of the whole damned thing can attest to.

I got it. I get it.

The film has kids who are very small doing kid things. It has animals. It has some adults who know what they are doing and some who do not.

Much of it is like a dream.

What can I say? I urge you to see it and to hold on to your seat for awhile and give it a chance. There was no moment when I wanted to turn it off and, for a change, I only looked at my watch or the running time once. A good measure of success with this viewer.

I will give it a 4 out of Netflix5. I would give it a 5 but that is a commitment beyond what I am willing to make right now. The promise to see it again is a bit elusive. I will give that one some time.

Labels: films