Bardo: False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
2022 · Movie · R · 159 min · ★ 6.8 · 57% critics
A celebrated Mexican journalist and documentary filmmaker living in Los Angeles is honored with a major international award, prompting a return trip to his home country. What seems like a straightforward visit becomes an intense, dreamlike reckoning with identity, family, and the pull between two worlds.
Also known as False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths · BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
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Details
- Original title
- Bardo, falsa crónica de unas cuantas verdades
- Years
- 2022
- Release date
- 2022-10-27
- Language
- Spanish
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 159 min
- Max quality
- UHD
- Critic score
- 57/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 (265 votes)
About
You may enjoy this if you like personal, surreal reflections on identity, family, and migration with a big-screen feel; Not for you if you want a tight, straightforward story or a brisk pace like The Good Boss.
Pros: immersive, dreamlike journey; striking visuals; thoughtful on migration | Cons: uneven tone; long, heavy runtime; loose narrative threads
Themes
- mexico
- midlife crisis
- journalism
- surrealism
- hollywood
- los angeles, california
- miscarriage
- family
- filmmaking
- semi autobiographical
- documentary filmmaking
- existentialism
Awards & recognition
- International Submission to the Academy Awards · 2023 · nominated
Cast & crew
Daniel Giménez Cacho
as Silverio Gama
Griselda Siciliani
as Lucía
Íker Sánchez Solano
as Lorenzo
Ximena Lamadrid
as Camila
Luz Jiménez
as Mamá
- LC
Luis Couturier
as Papá
Francisco Rubio
as Luis Baldivia
Andrés Almeida
as Martín
Clementina Guadarrama
as Hortensia
Jay O. Sanders
as Ambassador Jones
Directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu