Lisandro Alonso’s Eureka is a multi-faceted journey through time and space. Released in 2023, the film brings viewers across cultures and eras with its three disconnected yet cohesive episodes. Argentinian director Alonso weaves genres like Western, crime drama, and magical realism into a thought-provoking reflection on indigenous identity.
The movie follows an unconventional structure, divided into separate storylines spanning different locations and decades. First is a black-and-white section set in the Wild West, featuring Viggo Mortensen’s search for his daughter. Next, we see modern-day Lakota country through a police officer dealing with social issues. The final rainforest tale adds mystical elements.
Though disjointed, recurring themes and characters create links between the 150-minute segments. And Alonso’s experimental style challenges typical conventions. Long takes and ambiguous transitions blur reality with imagination. Audiences are invited to immerse in each world and make their own connections.
Underneath runs a deeper exploration of colonialism’s impacts.
The movie follows an unconventional structure, divided into separate storylines spanning different locations and decades. First is a black-and-white section set in the Wild West, featuring Viggo Mortensen’s search for his daughter. Next, we see modern-day Lakota country through a police officer dealing with social issues. The final rainforest tale adds mystical elements.
Though disjointed, recurring themes and characters create links between the 150-minute segments. And Alonso’s experimental style challenges typical conventions. Long takes and ambiguous transitions blur reality with imagination. Audiences are invited to immerse in each world and make their own connections.
Underneath runs a deeper exploration of colonialism’s impacts.
- 9/22/2024
- by Naser Nahandian
- Gazettely
Lisandro Alonso’s first film in almost 10 years is also his second film starring Viggo Mortensen. “Eureka,” a time-spanning meditation on Indigenous communities, reunites the Argentine filmmaker with the star of his 2014 expressionist myth “Jauja.” And like that elliptical anti-Western about a Danish father and daughter on a colonial journey in Argentina, “Eureka” is another movie best pitched for the patient or for those attuned to, in the words of Variety’s Guy Lodge, “ambient pleasures.” IndieWire shares the exclusive trailer for “Eureka” below ahead of its release from Film Movement in theaters this September. Watch below.
Here’s the official synopsis, courtesy of Film Movement: “Traversing time, space and genre, Argentinian filmmaker Lisandro Alonso (‘Jauja’) presents an elliptical meditation on the experiences of Indigenous communities across the Americas. Opening in a dusty town of the Old West, reality soon transitions to contemporary South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Reservation...
Here’s the official synopsis, courtesy of Film Movement: “Traversing time, space and genre, Argentinian filmmaker Lisandro Alonso (‘Jauja’) presents an elliptical meditation on the experiences of Indigenous communities across the Americas. Opening in a dusty town of the Old West, reality soon transitions to contemporary South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Reservation...
- 8/7/2024
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
One of the most-anticipated films to premiere at Cannes Film Festival this past year was Lisandro Alonso’s long-awaited Jauja follow-up Eureka. An epic spanning three different stories across space and time, with a cast including Viggo Mortensen and Chiara Mastroianni, we featured it prominently on our list of the best undistributed films of 2023 feature last month. Now, we’re pleased to exclusively announce that the Argentine director’s most ambitious film yet has found a home.
New York-based distributor Film Movement has acquired the film for North American distribution, with a theatrical premiere planned for Q3 of 2024, followed by release on all leading digital platforms and the home entertainment marketplace. The announcement was made by Michael Rosenberg, President, Film Movement, who recently picked up Bertrand Bonello’s Coma, and Romain Rancurel, Head of International Sales for Le Pacte.
“Since his earliest films, Lisandro has pushed the envelope with his unique viewpoint,...
New York-based distributor Film Movement has acquired the film for North American distribution, with a theatrical premiere planned for Q3 of 2024, followed by release on all leading digital platforms and the home entertainment marketplace. The announcement was made by Michael Rosenberg, President, Film Movement, who recently picked up Bertrand Bonello’s Coma, and Romain Rancurel, Head of International Sales for Le Pacte.
“Since his earliest films, Lisandro has pushed the envelope with his unique viewpoint,...
- 1/17/2024
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
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