
A painter from the big city goes to a remote canyon to commit suicide. To reach some calmness, he stays at the farmstead of Ascen, an old, religious woman. Although but a few words are spoken, love grows.... (Full plot summary below)
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A painter from the big city goes to a remote canyon to commit suicide. To reach some calmness, he stays at the farmstead of Ascen, an old, religious woman. Although but a few words are spoken, love grows.
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| Eye for FilmAmber WilkinsonThe breadth and depth of Japon belies its standing as a directorial debut. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzAn obscure and haunting and unpredictable parable. |
| Los Angeles TimesManohla DargisUnlike a lot of young filmmakers, the 31-year-old Reygadas takes his ideas about the world and our place in it as seriously as his filmmaking ambitions. |
| New York PostV.A. MusettoThis debut feature of Carlos Reygadas is a startling achievement. |
| L.A. WeeklyJohn PowersReygadas grapples with the most elemental of issues ... and the result is sly, touching and more than a little loony. |
| Milwaukee Journal SentinelNick CarterIts pretensions have the ring of, if not exactly a vanity project, a strictly personal obsession. |
| Boston GlobeTy BurrUnfolding at an elliptical pace that feels like a revelation, or tedium, or both, Japon recalls the glory days of 1970s art-house filmmaking. |
| New York Magazine/VulturePeter RainerReygadas has an impressive eye for otherworldly landscapes and an impressive ear, too. |
| Village VoiceJ. HobermanA notably confident and achieved debut, amazingly shot in 16mm Cinemascope. |
| Hollywood ReporterRichard James HavisThis excellent debut by Mexican director Carlos Reygadas exhibits a maturity rarely seen in a first film. |