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I will be honest and say I only watched the first half of the movie.There were a number of interesting things about this movie: - The artistic elements (i.e. morphing from ancient? drawings into the live action; the cinematography) were extremely cleverly done. - I'm impressed by the use of Purepechua, a language I've never heard of, as the principal language. It has a nice flow to it, and was not a distraction from the movie at all. In fact, it added to the movie, because if the native peoples spoke Spanish or English instead, it wouldn't feel quite right.However, despite the very intriguing artistic integrity, there were some things that missed the mark. - The pacing is very slow. Not that I mind movies that take their time, but this one took somebody else's time too, and became boring. - The story was difficult to comprehend, maybe because it was slow and I was spacing out, paying more attention to the artistic aspects than what was going on. But I remember often being confused as to what the point was to a certain scene, or who these people were supposed to be. (An example of "who is so-and-so?" could be when you first see Erendira clothed. For several scenes at the beginning she is nude from the waist up, wearing body paint, and then when she is covered, it makes you wonder who she is...) - Lastly, there are some disturbing scenes. There are some scenes of violent behavior that come so suddenly that you wouldn't expect them, and are at times disturbing. I wouldn't recommend this to younger children.Overall, 5/10. Maybe if I had the patience to finish the film, I would have given it a higher rating, but here I stand.
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