The Mexican director of Silent Light and Post Tenebras Lux sets two young couples on a distant coast of crashing waves and monumental rocks, while a mysterious entity watches from above. The film pits elemental pleasures against authoritarian brutality in a 158-minute work of feral, dreamlike cinema. If you like films that feel like visions rather than stories, this is the festival's boldest swing.
What to expect
A long, immersive screening that asks for patience and rewards it with striking landscapes and shifting realities. Dialogue is partly in an invented language, with English subtitles. Reygadas contrasts sensual, elemental scenes with brutal images of authority, and the film is meant to be felt more than decoded.
Good to know
- Take the 1 train to 66 St–Lincoln Center; the A, B, C and D stop a few blocks south at 59 St–Columbus Circle.
- At 158 minutes, plan a meal before or after.
- Festival screenings start on time, so collect tickets and get in line early.
- If a screening is listed as sold out, check Film at Lincoln Center's site again closer to the day for released seats.
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Common questions
What language is Heil Jupiter! in?
An invented language and Spanish, with English subtitles.
How long is it?
158 minutes.
Who directed it?
Carlos Reygadas.
