499
A 16th century Spanish conquistador arrives in Mexico in the middle of 2020, 499 years after the fall of Mexico-Tenochtitlan. He follows the route of Cortés, in an environment as strange as it is familiar, witnessing the reality of the country, meeting migrants, relatives of people who have been murdered and disappeared, and questioning the role of the colonizer in the construction of this violence.
Director: Rodrigo Reyes
Year: 2020
Length: 88 min
Genre: Hybrid documentary
Languages: Spanish, Nahuatl
With the participation of: Eduardo San Juan Breña
"A hypnotic and devastating look at the scars left by colonialism in Latin America.
left by colonialism in Latin America."
- The Young Folks
"The blend of fiction and documentary allowed director Rodrigo Reyes to inventively capture inventively capture in one glance nearly five centuries of Mexican history. nearly five centuries of Mexican history."
- The Film Experience
"Bold, unique and incredibly cinematic."
- Cinema Tropical
"Beautiful and majestic."
- Film Threat
- The Young Folks
"The blend of fiction and documentary allowed director Rodrigo Reyes to inventively capture inventively capture in one glance nearly five centuries of Mexican history. nearly five centuries of Mexican history."
- The Film Experience
"Bold, unique and incredibly cinematic."
- Cinema Tropical
"Beautiful and majestic."
- Film Threat