6.0
Factory Girl
2006
I Dream in Another Language (2017)
July 28, 20171h 41mES
7.9
142 votes
Overview
An indigenous language is in peril, as its last two speakers had a quarrel in the past and haven't spoken to each other in over 50 years. Martín, a young linguist, will undertake the challenge of bringing the old friends back together and convincing them to speak once again so he can obtain a recorded registration of the language and study it.
Director
Ernesto ContrerasWriter
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Original Language
Spanish
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Production Companies
Alebrije ProduccionesRevolver AmsterdamAgencia SHAFondo para la Producción Cinematográfica de CalidadEstudios Churubusco AztecaEficine
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4.0I Dream in Another Language is ambitious but uneven. It has good ideas, but struggles with the execution. It’s visually flawless, which is a good thing if we subscribe to the theory that a picture is worth a thousand words, but it can also be seen as a triumph of style over substance, especially in a film that’s supposed to be about words – both said and unsaid. And yet, I can’t help liking it, because director Ernesto Contreras and screenwriter Carlos Contreras show a sincere love of language and communication, even if they, somewhat ironically, don’t know quite how to express it. It’s alm…
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