Carlos Reygadas
Carlos Reygadas Castillo (* 1971 in Mexico City ) is a Mexican film director, screenwriter and producer. Today he lives in Mexico and Spain.
life and work
Carlos Reygadas, who studied law, gave up a promising career as an international lawyer in 2002 to devote himself to filmmaking. The Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky had a strong influence on his cinematic work very early on . Today Reygadas is one of the most daring and intellectual filmmakers in Latin America. The use of amateur actors is typical for him. Battle in Heaven was arguably the most discussed main competition film in Cannes in 2005 and divided the criticism. For his film Silent Light ( Luz silenciosa ) was Carlos Reygadas in Cannes in 2007 with the Jury Prize awarded. Most critics rate Japón (2002) as his best film to date.
After the short film Este es mi reino , which was part of the episode film Revolución (2010), Reygadas completed his fourth feature film Post tenebras lux in 2012 . For this he worked again with cameraman Alexis Zabe after Stellet Licht . The plot is said to be partly autobiographical and was filmed in Mexico, England, Spain and Belgium, which Reygadas visited. The director described the fragmentary content as “Feelings, memories, dreams, things that I had hoped for, fears, facts from my present life.” For Post tenebras lux , Reygadas received his third invitation to the competition at the Cannes International Film Festival in 2012 , where he was honored with the director's award.
Nuestro Tiempo was presented at the Venice International Film Festival in 2018 and has also been shown in theaters in Germany since June 2019. Thematically close to Post tenebras lux , the protagonist tries to counter the loss of control in his open relationship. As in the previous film, Reygada's children, Eleazer and Rut, play the couple's children. He and his wife Natalia López embody a couple whose apparently jointly defined freedom loses its stability at the moment when the wife tries to give space to her own freedom. With a running time of almost three hours, it is Reygada's longest film to date.
Filmography (selection)
- 2002: Japón - director, screenplay, production
- 2005: Battle in Heaven ( Batalla en el cielo ) - direction, screenplay, production, editing
- 2007: Stellet Licht - direction, screenplay, production
- 2010: Revolución, episode: Este es mi reino - director
- 2012: Post tenebras lux - director, screenplay
- 2018: Nuestro Tiempo - director
Awards
- 2002: Caméra d'Or at the Cannes International Film Festival for Japón
- 2007: Jury Prize at the Cannes International Film Festival for Stellet Licht
- 2008: INTERFILM-Prize at Arsenals Film Festival Riga for Stellet Licht
- 2012: Director's award for Post tenebras lux
Web links
- Carlos Reygadas in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Internet Movie Database about Japón
- About Battle In Heaven
- Hollywood Reporter on Stellet Licht ( September 30, 2007 memento on the Internet Archive )
- ARTE to provide light
Individual evidence
- ↑ Description at timeout.com (accessed April 25, 2012).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Reygadas, Carlos |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Reygadas Castillo, Carlos (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mexican film director, screenwriter and producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1971 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mexico city |