Lorenzo Vigas, who won the 2015 Golden Lion for ‘From Afar,’ returns to Venice with a drama recounting an orphaned Mexican teenager’s reckoning with a man he’s convinced is his purportedly dead father.
, the director leaves his native Venezuela for the vast empty landscapes of northwestern Mexico, though his thematic interest in absent fathers and the corresponding hunger to fill that void remains.
An acutely observed chamber piece played out by two exceptionally well-cast actors who keep you guessing about the subtle shifts in their characters’ relationship, this is an unflinching account of human lives rendered disposable by greed and corruption.
Malaysia Latest News, Malaysia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Lorenzo Vigas on Completing his Trilogy With Venice Competitive Entry ‘The Box’Lorenzo Vigas, who made film festival history by being the first Venezuelan-born filmmaker to snag the Venice Golden Lion in 2015, is back on the Lido with “The Box” (“La Caja”), the final part of …
Read more »
Jessica Chastain and Oscar Isaac in HBO’s ‘Scenes From a Marriage’: TV Review | Venice 2021Hagai Levi, co-creator of 'The Affair,' directs a five-part adaptation of Ingmar Bergman's classic 1973 miniseries.
Read more »
Anya Taylor Joy Is Pretty in Pink Rodarte In VeniceVenice water taxi arrivals are looking casual and cool at this year's film festival.
Read more »
Celebrity Sightings at 2021 Venice Film FestivalDemi Moore and Kate Hudson both SIZZLED as they showed some skin at the Venice Film Festival (via toofab)
Read more »
Ana Lily Amirpour’s ‘Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon’: Film Review | Venice 2021The electrifying fairy-tale adventure stars Jeon Jong-seo ('Burning') as a young woman trying to find herself after escaping from an asylum.
Read more »
‘Costa Brava, Lebanon’: Film Review | Venice 2021An off-the-grid Lebanese family is trashed (literally) by the enduring misfortunes of their homeland in Monia Akl's fiction-feature debut.
Read more »