Fresh
Powerful and humbling, this 2013 drama is worth every minute you're willing to give it.
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
Norte, the End of History
Unravelling at the speed of life.
2014 · 4h 10m · N/A
Crime, Drama
Directed by
Lav Diaz
Overview
An embittered law student commits a brutal double murder; a family man takes the fall and is forced to take a harsh sentence; and a mother and her two children wander the countryside in search of some kind of redemption.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
91%
Tomatometer
Fresh
A political and spiritual parable, but related with such subtle realism and incantatory rhythms that it is far more mysterious than didactic.
Peter Keough, Boston Globe
Fresh
If the movie's universal themes don't impress, its specific details do.
Mark Jenkins, Washington Post
Fresh
More than four hours long, filmed in expansive takes with almost no close-ups and very few camera movements, Lav Diaz's "Norte, the End of History" is a tour de force of slow cinema.
A.O. Scott, New York Times
Fresh
Norte is formidable cinema that doesn't shy away from exploring history, philosophy, politics and religion at length. But it's also a story of three individuals, through whom these topics gain sharper focus.
Tomas Hachard, NPR
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