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Synopsis

POST TENEBRAS LUX

POST TENEBRAS LUX (“light after darkness”), ostensibly the story of an upscale, urban family whose move to the Mexican countryside results in domestic crises and class friction, is a stunningly photographed, impressionistic psychological portrait of a family and their place within the sublime, unforgiving natural world. Reygadas conjures a host of unforgettable, ominous images: a haunting sequence at dusk as Reygadas’s real-life daughter wanders a muddy field and farm animals loudly circle and thunder and lightning threaten; a glowing-red demon gliding through the rooms of a home; a husband and wife visiting a swingers’ bathhouse with rooms named after famous philosophers. By turns entrancing and mystifying, POST TENEBRAS LUX palpably explores the primal conflicts of the human condition.

“Captivating! Sumptuous!” – Richard Brody, The New Yorker

Reviews

“ENTRANCINGLY BEAUTIFUL. As beguiling a cinematic object as one is likely to encounter this year… a personal work in which autobiographical content is lyrically transfigured and elevated to cosmic heights.” – Dan Sullivan, Film Comment

“Thrillingly strange! Welcomes each of us into its stream of subconsciousness…” – Keith Uhlich, Time Out New York

“Startling!” – Dennis Lim, The New York Times

Formally daring, visually inventive… spectacular!” – Eric Kohn, IndieWire

“Mesmerizing… dazzling!” – Ed Gonzalez, Slant Magazine

“Affecting and earnest” – Tony Pipolo, ARTFORUM

“Lucid! Daring!” – David Ehrlich, Film.com

“A masterpiece! Post Tenebras Lux might be the movie of the year” – Andrew O’Hehir, Salon

Cast & Crew

DIRECTOR:

Carlos Reygadas

WRITER:

Carlos Reygadas