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Post Tenebras Lux

  • 20122012
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 55m
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6.5/10
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Post Tenebras Lux (2012)
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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 on... Read allJuan 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.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.

IMDb RATING
6.5/10
5.6K
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  • Director
    • Carlos Reygadas
  • Writer
    • Carlos Reygadas(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Nathalia Acevedo
    • Adolfo Jiménez Castro
    • Rut Reygadas
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  • Director
    • Carlos Reygadas
  • Writer
    • Carlos Reygadas(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Nathalia Acevedo
    • Adolfo Jiménez Castro
    • Rut Reygadas
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 14User reviews
    • 110Critic reviews
    • 69Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 6 wins & 7 nominations

    Videos3

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    Post Tenebras Lux (2012)
    Nathalia Acevedo in Post Tenebras Lux (2012)
    Nathalia Acevedo in Post Tenebras Lux (2012)
    Tim Roth, Carlos Reygadas, and Leïla Bekhti at an event for Post Tenebras Lux (2012)
    Nathalia Acevedo at an event for Post Tenebras Lux (2012)
    Carlos Reygadas at an event for Post Tenebras Lux (2012)
    Adolfo Jiménez Castro at an event for Post Tenebras Lux (2012)
    Adolfo Jiménez Castro and Nathalia Acevedo at an event for Post Tenebras Lux (2012)
    Carlos Reygadas, Jaime Romandia, Adolfo Jiménez Castro, and Nathalia Acevedo at an event for Post Tenebras Lux (2012)
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    Top cast

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    Nathalia Acevedo
    Nathalia Acevedo
    • Nataliaas Natalia…
    Adolfo Jiménez Castro
    Adolfo Jiménez Castro
    • Juanas Juan…
    Rut Reygadas
    • Rutas Rut…
    Eleazar Reygadas
    • Eleazaras Eleazar…
    Willebaldo Torres
    • Sevenas Seven…
    Mitsy Ferrand
    • Mujer dormidaas Mujer dormida
    • (as Mitsy Ferrant)
    • …
    Joakim Chardonnens
    • Hombre dormidoas Hombre dormido…
    Ander Vérez
    • El niñoas El niño…
    José Alberto Sánchez
    • El Jarroas El Jarro
    Daniel Colorado
    • Alcoholics Anonymousas Alcoholics Anonymous
    José Luis Martínez
    • Alcoholics Anonymousas Alcoholics Anonymous
    Alejandro Ramírez Molina
    • Alcoholics Anonymousas Alcoholics Anonymous
    Félix Robles
    • Alcoholics Anonymousas Alcoholics Anonymous
    Adriana Marquina
    • Alcoholics Anonymousas Alcoholics Anonymous
    Reyes Rivera
    • Alcoholics Anonymousas Alcoholics Anonymous
    Graciano Meijia
    • Alcoholics Anonymousas Alcoholics Anonymous
    José Francisco Blake
    • Alcoholics Anonymousas Alcoholics Anonymous
    Francisco Ramírez
    • Alcoholics Anonymousas Alcoholics Anonymous
    • Director
      • Carlos Reygadas
    • Writer
      • Carlos Reygadas(screenplay)
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    Storyline

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    Juan, a wealthy householder and Natalia are an artistic middle-class couple. They decide to change the life of the city. And they move to countryside with their two young children Eleazar and Rut for a plain and simple country life. Starting again with an ostentatious house (in comparison to the homes of the few neighbors), they initially enjoy the taste of rural life. However this change in taste begins to make the marriage crumble. The children, on the other hand, are not encumbered by previous ideas and enjoy the life offered by this bleak place. Juan begins to have contact with people who have the same ideals. Seven, a man who usually does everything in his power to survive leads him to Alcoholics Anonymous meetings in a ramshackle cabin in the woods. At one stage, the couple jet off for an up-scale sex holiday in Europe, where the rooms in the bath-house are named after Hegel and Duchamp.
    • cuckolded husband
    • sexually dissatisfied wife
    • husband watching wife have sex
    • infidelity
    • cruelty to animal
    • 47 more
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    • Taglines
      • light after darkness
    • Genre
      • Drama
    • Certificate
      • Not Rated
    • Parents guide

    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      The two children in the movie are the real-life children of director Carlos Reygadas. The family scenes were shot at his own house.
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Cannes Film Festival 2012 (2012)
    • Soundtracks
      It's a Dream
      Composed by Neil Young

      Silver Fiddle Music / Galaxia Musical, S.A. de C.V.

    User reviews14

    Review
    Top review
    3/10
    Best Director Award at Cannes
    Post Tenebras Lux (2012) is a Mexican film written and directed by Carlos Reygadas. It stars Adolfo Jiménez Castro as Juan, a sophisticated and wealthy man who lives with his wife Natalia (Nathalia Acevedo) and children is a rural area of Mexico.

    The movie contains bizarre elements. Many bizarre elements.

    Bizarre elements are not necessarily out of place in a movie, but none of these elements made sense to me. I couldn't see how they fit into any cohesive directorial vision. For example, every so often the movie cuts to a scene of English schoolboys playing rugby. This must be highly symbolic. My question is, Symbolic of what?

    At one point Juan watches while Natalia has sex with a stranger in a steam bath. Ms. Acevedo is very beautiful. (In fact, an older woman who is facilitating the event keeps telling her how beautiful she is.) So, the scene has its merits in the visual sense. However, in terms of plot, the scene makes no sense, especially because at that point everyone is speaking French. (There is one really positive aspect to this part of the movie. It allows the reviewer to point out that this was a truly steamy sex scene.)

    Director Reygadas won the Best Director Award at Cannes for this movie. The jury must still be laughing.
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    • Sep 9, 2013

    Details

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    • Release date
      • November 23, 2012 (Mexico)
    • Countries of origin
      • Mexico
      • France
      • Netherlands
      • Germany
    • Official sites
      • Official Facebook
      • Official site (Japan)
    • Languages
      • Spanish
      • English
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Light After Darkness
    • Filming locations
      • Santo Domingo Ocotitlán, Tepoztlán, Morelos, Mexico
    • Production companies
      • No Dream Cinema
      • Mantarraya Producciones
      • Le Pacte
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $39,185
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $4,674
      • May 5, 2013
    • Gross worldwide
      • $124,279
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 55 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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