Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Original title: Bardo, falsa crónica de unas cuantas verdades
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An acclaimed documentarian goes on an introspective journey through surreal dreamscapes to reconcile with the past, the present and his Mexican identity.An acclaimed documentarian goes on an introspective journey through surreal dreamscapes to reconcile with the past, the present and his Mexican identity.An acclaimed documentarian goes on an introspective journey through surreal dreamscapes to reconcile with the past, the present and his Mexican identity.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 17 wins & 49 nominations total
Íker Sánchez Solano
- Lorenzo
- (as Iker Solano)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaAlejandro G. Iñárritu returned to shoot and produce a film entirely in Mexico for the first time since Amores perros (2000) over twenty years ago.
- Crazy creditsDuring the last part of the end credits, we hear someone whistling. Supposedly, it's the song that Silverio kept trying to remember from his childhood.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 95th Annual Academy Awards (2023)
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Director Alejandro Iñarritu has reached a point in his career where he gave himself the opportunity to create a film based on his own life and his existential crisis with living between two cities. The city of Los Angeles, and Mexico City which is the one he had to "escape" in order to grow as a person, leaving his loved ones and his origins.
Actor Daniel Gimenez Cacho portrays the image of Iñárritu in a series of events that affected his life. At the same time, the story makes references to a beautiful, corrupted Mexico that the director needed to leave behind because of its cultural and political decadence. It is not a film for everyone, since not only someone who has not seen what Mexico was and has become could notice it, but someone who does not know the director's life could identify with it, given the fact that the movie is all about resemblances to those two.
But the cinematography of the movie itself makes the story worth of telling.
If you want to watch this movie expecting entertainment, you won't enjoy it. But if you are open to see and listen to what the director wants to tell about his personal life and what Mexico means to him, then you will love it.
People will say this movie is pretentious and narcissistic.. but, is it?
If you had the money and the opportunity to film an important part of your life and you want to express the love you feel for your country of origin , would you do it?
Me the writer, I would.
Is the movie perfect? It's not.
Is the movie beautifully done? It is.
Will people like it? It will depend on who's watching.
Actor Daniel Gimenez Cacho portrays the image of Iñárritu in a series of events that affected his life. At the same time, the story makes references to a beautiful, corrupted Mexico that the director needed to leave behind because of its cultural and political decadence. It is not a film for everyone, since not only someone who has not seen what Mexico was and has become could notice it, but someone who does not know the director's life could identify with it, given the fact that the movie is all about resemblances to those two.
But the cinematography of the movie itself makes the story worth of telling.
If you want to watch this movie expecting entertainment, you won't enjoy it. But if you are open to see and listen to what the director wants to tell about his personal life and what Mexico means to him, then you will love it.
People will say this movie is pretentious and narcissistic.. but, is it?
If you had the money and the opportunity to film an important part of your life and you want to express the love you feel for your country of origin , would you do it?
Me the writer, I would.
Is the movie perfect? It's not.
Is the movie beautifully done? It is.
Will people like it? It will depend on who's watching.
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- Bardo: False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
- Filming locations
- Playa Balandra, Baja California Sur, Mexico(Scattering of ashes)
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- Gross worldwide
- $38,190
- Runtime2 hours 39 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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