Memories of the Future (2012) [N/A]
Written by:
Rodrigo Reyes
Directed by:
Rodrigo Reyes
Release Date:
February 1, 2012
Original Title:
Memorias del Futuro
Genres:
Documentary
Production Countries:
Mexico
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 70
A woman writes increasingly passionate love letters without answer. Her passion and frustration are interwoven with a sense of impending doom, a vision of the coming Mexican apocalypse. A single personal tragedy mirrors the struggle of an entire country trying, in the midst of increasing chaos, to find itself. Shot during months on the backroads of Mexico, director Rodrigo Reyes has crafted an idiosyncratic and visceral x-ray of his homeland.
A woman writes love letters to a man who has abandoned her. Her passion and frustration intermix with the larger chaos of Mexico, drawing a parallel where a single personal tragedy mirrors the struggle of an entire country trying to find itself. Linking a film-essay to a direct cinema style, its visceral images reflect an adventurous production that led a pair of filmmakers through a four-month journey, living in a minivan on the back-roads of Mexico.
