A man leaves Mexico city for the remote countryside where he intends to end his life. There he finds lodging with an old Indian woman Ascen in her ramshackle home overlooking a desolate canyon. In the vastness of this wild breathtaking natural landscape the old woman's infinite humanity reawakens his dulled senses and desires. Inspired by the visionary cinema of Andrei Tarkovsky Carlos Reygadas' extraordinary debut feature stunningly shot in panoramic cinemascope is an enig
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A man leaves Mexico City to go to the remote countryside and die. However when he arrives he discovers life again through the elderly Indian widow, Ascen. The beauty of the countryside and the old women's infinite humanity provide a mesmerising meditation on the universal themes of life and death.
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