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Johan lives with his family in the north of Mexico. His world turns upside down when he falls in love with another women. Now, he must betray the woman he has loved for so long or sacrifice his natura...( read more
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DVD Release Date: September 8, 2009
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October 28, 2009"Silent Light", the latest film by the critically acclaimed Mexican filmmaker Carlos Reygadas, is believed to be the first Plautdietsch film ever made. It's an archaic form of German, the language of the Prussian Mennonites. With an unfamiliar language to accompany it's unusually...( read more)
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March 14, 2009This film is nothing short of a masterpiece. Be forewarned, however, that this movie (like most "masterpieces") isn't for everybody.
That being said, I think this movie is brilliant food for thought; it's film for thought, actually. I love when a film, such as this one, has some...( read more) -
August 21, 2008The film begins with an incredible shot of a sunrise. Slowly everything comes into focus and as the light shines on the camera begins to move closer in. It's a very slow but also very beautiful beginning. The same can be said for the entire film. Slow scenes and long shots of inc...( read more)
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July 3, 2008Glacially paced tale of infidelity in a religious sect which struggles to convince with amateur actors. Pleasing restraint is pushed too far with painfully long takes and wide shots.
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May 3, 2008Reygadas tells his story of a guilt-ridden man who cheats on his wife due to his love for another woman with gorgeous painterly images and a patient eye toward the daily lives of this religious community of Mennonites. Stylistically the film is reminiscent of Dreyer and Tarkovsk...( read more)
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September 25, 2009Carlos Reygadas nos entrega esta historia sobre una familia menonita del estado de Chihuahua. Muy buena, como todo lo que hace este director.
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September 6, 2009A rewarding love triangle story set in a Mennonite community in Mexico. The style was interesting, with very formal and detached acting with minimal dialogue, and using particularly slow pacing and long shots. Some beautiful photography, interesting reflections on culture through...( read more)
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August 15, 2009Modern Mexican cinema generally sucks so I have my eyes on the few directors involved with Mexican art house - one being Sr. Reygadas. I liked his other film Batalla en el Cielo because it broke rules and conventions and it had an otherworldly vibe to it which I had an affinity f...( read more)
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Critic Reviews
March 19, 2009
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
January 14, 2009
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
A glacial tale of adultery, features a 'miraculous' climax -- it mingles the living and the dead -- ripped off from Carl Dreyer's Ordet (1955), one of the great religious films. full review
January 7, 2009
Armond White, The New York Press
Stellet Licht doesn't achieve ecstasy or express belief in it. Reygadas is a poseur for poseurs. full review
January 7, 2009
V.A. Musetto, New York Post
With Silent Light, Reygadas takes his place among the leading directors working today. full review
January 7, 2009
Kurt Loder, MTV
Have we completely grasped the director's intentions? Days later, you may still be wondering. You won't have forgotten the movie, though. full review
January 6, 2009
Chris Cabin, Filmcritic.com
an object so elementally based in pure cinema that one might call it, well, miraculous. full review
January 6, 2009
Jon Frosch, Film Journal International
Mexican bad boy Carlos Reygadas' latest film, a languorous drama about Mennonites in northern Mexico, is alternately spellbinding and stiflingly self-conscious. full review
January 3, 2009
Bryant Frazer, Bryant Frazer's Deep Focus
A combination of tragedy and miracle extends the boundaries of the story into rarefied cinematic territory. full review
December 30, 2008
Miranda Siegel, New York Magazine
From its stunning opening shot to its final, hauntingly spiritual finale, Carlos Reygadas's drama of adultery and penance set among the Mennonite community of Mexico is the kind of gorgeous, multilaye... full review
September 26, 2008
John P. McCarthy, Boxoffice Magazine
It's hard to deny the luminous integrity of Silent Light. full review
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