Japón

2003, 2h 14min -

In this preternaturally assured feature debut by Carlos Reygadas, a man (Alejandro Ferretis) travels from Mexico City to an isolated village to commit suicide; once there, however, he meets a pious elderly woman (Magdalena Flores) whose quiet humanity incites a reawakening of his desires. Recruiting a cast of nonactors and filming in sublime 16 mm CinemaScope, Reygadas explores the harsh beauty of the Mexican country­side with earthy tactility, conjuring a psychic landscape where religion mingles with sex, life coexists with death, and the animal and spiritual sides of human experience become indistinguishable. A work of soaring ambition and startling visual poetry, JAPÓN is an existential journey through uncharted cinematic territory that established the singular voice of its director. Show more

"Japón" — movie produced in Netherlands, Mexico, Spain and Germany and released in 2003. It has a good rating on IMDb: 6.8 stars out of 10. It is a feature-length film with a runtime of 2h 14min. "Japón" is currently available to stream on The Criterion Channel and for rent and to buy on Apple TV. Click on a playlink to watch it now!