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Our Time
Nuestro tiempo
2018 177 min Denmark, France, Germany, Mexico, Sweden, Switzerland 18+
★6.6
Drama
Director: Carlos Reygadas
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Description
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 horsebreaker and Juan is unable to control his jealousy.
US Gross:
$14,777
Starring
Natalia López
Actor
Phil Burgers
Actor
Carlos Reygadas
Actor
Awards
San Sebastián International Film Festival 2018
— Orizzonti Award
Venice Film Festival 2018
— Golden Lion
Key opinion
Nuestro tiempo is an ambitious, autobiographical exploration of a disintegrating marriage, utilizing the director's own family to blur the lines between fiction and reality. While its profound visual poetry and Tarkovsky-esque atmosphere create an immersive experience, the film's demanding length and abstract, symbolic narrative structure polarized viewers.
| Direction | The film employs a distinct, poetic visual language that draws strong comparisons to the meditative style of Andrei Tarkovsky. | |
| Acting | The decision to cast the director and his actual family members adds a layer of raw, meta-textual vulnerability to the depiction of the central marital crisis. | |
| Runtime | The slow-burn, three-hour runtime serves as a test of patience; those who embrace the contemplative pace find it immersive, while others find it unnecessarily exhausting. | |
| Screenplay | The narrative oscillates between offering deep psychological insights into jealousy and control and being criticized as pretentious, overly symbolic, or intellectually hollow. |