Japón (film)
Japón ("Japan") is a 2002 film by the Mexican director Carlos Reygadas. It was Reygadas' debut feature.
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[edit] Plot
The film follows a man going through an acute existential crisis. He leaves Mexico City to go to camp and prepare for his death, staying with an old Indian widow in her ramshackle home overlooking a desolate canyon. In the vastness of a wild and impressive nature, he confronts the infinite humanity of the widow and oscillates between cruelty and lyricism. His senses become dull, arousing his desires and instincts for life and sexuality.
[edit] Reception and awards
Japón has received high accolades from most critics who have seen it, but the film has had relatively limited exposure. It was placed at #100 on The Moving Arts Film Journal's list of the 100 Greatest Film of All Time."[1] And Japón won the special mention of the Camera d'Or prize in the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.
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