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Post Tenebras Lux

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Juan and his urban family move to the countryside.
Post Tenebras Lux

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Critics Consensus

Post Tenebras Lux conjures striking imagery amidst its formless exploration into darkness and light, but director Carlos Reygadas paints his abstract work with the slowest of brushstrokes.

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J. Hoberman ARTINFO.com 02/22/2019
If only the movie were as terrific as its 10-minute pre-title sequence. Go to Full Review
Larushka Ivan-Zadeh metro.co.uk 09/01/2017
3/5
It's either a sublime work of genius or a drearily pretentious nightmare. Possibly both. Go to Full Review
Dan Sullivan Film Comment Magazine 11/05/2013
Post Tenebras Lux is a film rich with sheer material presence, making good on Reygadas's apparent intention to make the viewer truly feel the audible and the visible, but his pictorial gimmickry can only do so much aesthetic heavy-lifting. Go to Full Review
Kip Mooney College Movie Review 09/18/2021
C-
It's not enjoyable, it's not challenging. It's only frustrating. Go to Full Review
Jordan M. Smith IONCINEMA.com 11/12/2020
3/5
Post Tenebras Lux weaves an austere narrative around the crumbling of family life in rural Mexico while dropping in autobiographical clues of Reygadas' own upbringing in often breathtakingly beautiful moments of serene cinema. Go to Full Review
C.J. Prince Way Too Indie 07/02/2019
6/10
I still can't deny that parts of the film resonated with me, and down the road I might come to appreciate it more, but right now I feel mostly indifferent to what I saw. Go to Full Review
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05/18/2021 Mesmerizing on its visuals and a refreshing story-telling make of this slow-borning film something worth to watch. See more 01/18/2021 I have never watched a Carlos Reygadas film before... well now I know I won't be seeing other of his films again. Pretentious to the level that would make Jodorowsky puke. A banana glue to a museum is less pretentious than this. I have seen better acting in porn movies. (Maybe this last point is difficult to detect to non Native Spanish speakers, but it is the worst) There is no doubt that the only people that watch his movies are the ones that because of work they have to see it. He is no Tarkovsky that's for sure See more raphael g 11/02/2020 I thought it was incredibly beautiful. It caused a nice discussion amongst friends afterwards. It must be seen at a cinema; the images and the sound are amazing. See more 10/21/2018 this is a fucking master piece since everything is a fantasy in dreams of Reygadas and only one that can be real is INTERNET as body of devil and unreasonable facts for what human beings fight and maybe kill them each others. terrenal things. EXCELLENT MOVIE WITH DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE OF CINEMA. NO FOR EVERYONE. See more 10/01/2015 I'm not sure that this movie was made to be understood. I also don't know if there was a script and that is alright because I also don't know what did I just watched. If I had to give an answer I would say that this was a collage of dreams. I do know that I loved the work of the cinematographer and his impressionist image style. See more 08/15/2015 if anyone has any idea of the STORY behind this movie, please share. I have absolutely no clue. Great cinematography but where is the story? Painfully slow to watch and I couldn't wait for it to end. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Juan and his urban family move to the countryside.
Director
Carlos Reygadas
Producer
Jaime Romandia, Carlos Reygadas
Screenwriter
Carlos Reygadas
Distributor
Strand Releasing
Production Co
The Match Factory, No Dream Cinema, Topkapi Films, Mantarraya Producciones, Foprocine, Arte France Cinema, IMCINE, Le Pacte
Rating
R
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Spanish
Release Date (Theaters)
May 1, 2013, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 21, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA)
$38.9K
Runtime
2h 0m