Jauja
Drama, Western
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2014
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A father and daughter journey from Denmark to an unknown desert that exists in a realm beyond the confines of civilization.
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Runtime:
110 min
Release date:
27 Nov 2014
Country:
AR, NL, DK, FR, MX, US, DE, BR
Languages:
Danish, French, Spanish
Budget:
$153,179
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
7 wins & 27 nominations
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
If you applauded the genre-tweaking twists of Gus Van Sant's "Gerry" and Kelly Reichardt's "Meek's Cutoff," you may have a good time (or at least an interesting one) at acclaimed Argentine director Lisandro Alonso's latest puzzler, "Jauja."
– John Hartl,
Seattle Times,
17 Apr 2015
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'Jauja' is a film to make you wonder.
– Alex Dudok de Wit,
Time Out,
7 Apr 2015
fresh:
"Jauja" makes one cryptic leap too many at the end, but until then it evocatively confounds.
– Robert Abele,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Mar 2015
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Even if director Lisandro Alonso meanders a bit, he pulls a rabbit hole out of his hat in the end ...
– Joe McGovern,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 Mar 2015
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Alonso's audacious leaps of time, his incisive view of the wiles of combat and the rigors of survival, and his ingenious reflection of present-day splendors in past plunder lend the visually sumptuous experience a haunting depth.
– Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
23 Mar 2015