499

Name: 499
Genre: Drama, History, Documentary
Released: August 20, 2021
Duration: 87 min
Cast: Eduardo San Juan

2021

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The Cinema Guild | Release Date: August 20, 2021 | Not Rated

Starring: Eduardo San Juan

Summary: To reflect on the 500-year anniversary of the Spanish conquest of Mexico in 2021, director Reyes offers a bold hybrid cinema experience exploring the brutal legacy of colonialism in contemporary Mexico. Through the eyes of a ghostly conquistador, the film recreates Hérnan Cortés' epic journey from the coasts of Veracruz to the Aztec capitalTo reflect on the 500-year anniversary of the Spanish conquest of Mexico in 2021, director Reyes offers a bold hybrid cinema experience exploring the brutal legacy of colonialism in contemporary Mexico. Through the eyes of a ghostly conquistador, the film recreates Hérnan Cortés' epic journey from the coasts of Veracruz to the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan, the site of contemporary Mexico City. As the anachronistic fictional character interacts with real-life victims of Mexico's failed drug wars and indigenous communities in resistance, the filmmaker portrays the country's current humanitarian crisis as part of a vicious and unfinished colonial project, still in motion, nearly five hundred years later. … Expand

Director: Rodrigo Reyes

Genre(s): Drama, History, Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 87 min

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RogerEbert.com Carlos Aguilar

Aug 20, 2021

In 499, a truly brilliant accomplishment of unconventional storytelling, form and theme coalesce to open a portal where textbook history becomes an active entity and clashes with the present for a forward-thinking exploration. Read full review

The Film Stage John Fink

Aug 3, 2021

499 is often as riveting as it is stunning to consume: a spiritual journey punctuated with inhumane acts of violence intertwined with a certain national identity. Reyes offers an ambitious and unflinching portrait of contemporary Mexico that provides a vague answer regarding the endgame of the violence in the country. Read full review

William Repass

Aug 18, 2021

The film raises pertinent questions about Mexico’s mixed cultural heritage and the contested representation of reality. Read full review

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