Post Tenebras Lux (2012)

Juan and his urban family live in the Mexican countryside, where they enjoy and suffer a world apart. And nobody knows if these two worlds are complementary or if they strive to eliminate one another.

Director:

Carlos Reygadas

Writer:

Carlos Reygadas (screenplay)

Stars:

Adolfo Jiménez Castro, Nathalia Acevedo, Willebaldo Torres

4 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Adolfo Jiménez Castro	...	Juan
Nathalia Acevedo	...	Natalia
Willebaldo Torres	...	El Siete
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Eleazar Reygadas	...	Eleazar
Rut Reygadas	...	Rut

Storyline

Juan and his urban family live in the Mexican countryside, where they enjoy and suffer a world apart. And nobody knows if these two worlds are complementary or if they strive to eliminate one another.

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Plot Keywords:

countryside | devil | rugby | rain | sauna | 

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Taglines:

light after darkness

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site [mx]

Country:

Mexico France Netherlands Germany

Language:

Spanish English French

Release Date:

23 November 2012 (Mexico)

Also Known As:

Felhők felett

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$2,422 (USA) (3 May 2013)

Gross:

$16,622 (USA) (10 May 2013)

Company Credits

Production Co:

No Dream Cinema, Mantarraya Producciones, Le Pacte

Technical Specs

Runtime:

115 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Director Carlos Reygadas won the Prix de la Mise en Scene at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.

User Reviews

Creative film making with drawbacks

After the dark, light.

This is the nearest translation of this highly tentative piece of cinema whose story involves Mexican urban life, a couple in a whorehouse, a British rugby match with a guest appearance of devil himself.

At the epicentre a man and his family. On the surface he has it all; a nice house, a beautiful wife and two healthy adorable kids. Beneath that, not all that shines is gold as he struggles with addiction and needs pornography to inspire spousal intimacy.

Unfortunately and despite the high dose of creative filming the above is the only cohesive bit in this film. The added layers that aspire to connect to the title by juxtaposition of moments of light and darkness drove the film onto a one way street with lights out.

A very mixed experience