Unsere Zeit (2018)
7KUnsere Zeit: Directed by Carlos Reygadas. With Natalia López, Phil Burgers, Carlos Reygadas, Yago Martínez. A family lives in the Mexican countryside raising fighting bulls. Esther is in charge of running the ranch, while her husband Juan, a world-renowned poet, raises and selects the beasts. Although in an open marriage, their relationship begins to crumble when Esther falls in love with an American horse-breaker and Juan is unable to control his jealousy.
“All been said before, right, especially as regards adultery in the cultured classes?u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eNot with Reygadas. Hereu0026#39;s a man whou0026#39;s really prepared to give the genres a nudge, really has the chops to pull it off.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eStarting with no intro, and seemingly innocent scenes of kids playing at a lake, Reygadas carries 170 stylish minutes better than most directors carry 90.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThere is a narrative arc, but Our Time deliberately operates at its edges. Characters argue off screen. Husband writes to wife. Does same, to wifeu0026#39;s lover. Daughter comes on, for a couple of voice-overs. Thereu0026#39;s horse- and cow-play aplenty, often bearing a jagged relation to whatu0026#39;s going down with the humans.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eReygadas still needs his get-out-of-jail card, to take the movie to the next level. This arrives with a late detonation, when the husband visits a dying friend.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAs a full on movie addict, itu0026#39;s a surprise to feel sudden tears, in real time. This did it for me. One to remember.”
