Post Tenebras Lux (2012)

Director:

Carlos Reygadas

Writer:

Carlos Reygadas (screenplay)

Release Date:

22 November 2012 (Russia)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

light after darkness

Plot:

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. |

Plot Keywords:

Countryside | Devil | Rugby | Rain | Sauna

Awards:

4 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

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

Directed by
Carlos Reygadas

Writing credits
Carlos Reygadas		(screenplay)

Produced by
Rémi Burah	....	co-producer
Daniel Graham	....	line producer: uk
Arnold Heslenfeld	....	co-producer
Jean Labadie	....	co-producer
Fiorella Moretti	....	associate producer
Carlos Reygadas	....	producer
Jaime Romandia	....	producer
Frans van Gestel	....	co-producer
Michael Weber	....	co-producer

Cinematography by
Alexis Zabe

Film Editing by
Natalia López

Production Design by
Gerardo Tagle

Art Direction by
Nohemi Gonzalez		(art direction)

Production Management
Laurette Schillings	....	production supervisor: Holland
Eduardo Viladoms	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Maria Fernanda de la Peza	....	assistant director
Alex Ezpeleta	....	assistant director

Art Department
Hector Iruegas	....	set decoration collaborator (segment)

Sound Department
Jaime Baksht	....	sound re-recording mixer
Michelle Couttolenc	....	sound recordist
Sergio Diaz	....	sound designer
Sergio Diaz	....	supervising sound editor
Gilles Laurent	....	sound recordist
Gilles Laurent	....	sound

Visual Effects by
Rodrigo Echevarría	....	visual effects supervisor
Iñaki Gegúndez Vicente	....	visual effects artist
Claudia Gittel	....	digital colorist
Salvador Juarez	....	visual effects coordinator
Ana Rubio	....	visual effects producer
Lisa Tillinger	....	colorist
Salvador Tovar	....	digital compositor
José Miguel Zapata	....	digital compositor

Camera and Electrical Department
Joakim Chardonnens	....	second assistant camera
Jonathan Leys	....	first assistant camera
Daniel Valdes	....	still photographer

Other crew
Sebastian Celis	....	production assistant
Laurette Schillings	....	production coordinator: Netherlands

Production Companies

• No Dream Cinema
• Mantarraya Producciones
• Le Pacte
• Topkapi Films
• Match Factory, The
• arte France Cinéma
• Fondo para la Producción Cinematográfica de Calidad (FOPROCINE)
• Ticoman

Distributors

• Le Pacte (2013) (France) (theatrical)
• NDMantarraya (2012) (Mexico) (theatrical)
• Strand Releasing (2013) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Wild Bunch Benelux (2013) (Netherlands) (theatrical)

Other Companies

• Cineco  post-production

Also Known As:

Runtime:

115 min

Country:

Mexico | France | Netherlands | Germany

Language:

Spanish | English | French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Certification:

UK:18 | Switzerland:16 | USA:Not Rated

Company:

No Dream Cinema

Trivia:

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

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