I Dream in Another Language
2017 · Movie · 101 min · ★ 7.9 · 72% critics
An endangered indigenous language is down to its last two speakers, who haven’t spoken in decades after a long-ago falling-out. A young linguist travels to their remote community, hoping to reunite them and record the language before it disappears for good.
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Details
- Original title
- Sueño en otro idioma
- Years
- 2017
- Release date
- 2017-07-28
- Language
- Spanish
- Runtime
- 101 min
- Critic score
- 72/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.9/10 (146 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you like thoughtful, atmospheric dramas about communication, memory, and reconciliation with a touch of magical realism; Not for you if you want tight plotting or deep cultural detail like Undertow.
Pros: heartfelt love of language; intriguing premise; strong jungle atmosphere | Cons: uneven execution; thin cultural detail; style over substance
Themes
- dreams
- lgbt
- linguist
- indigenous peoples
- gay theme
Awards & recognition
- Ariel Award — Best Picture · 2017
- Ariel Award — Best Actor · 2017
Cast & crew
Eligio Meléndez
as Evaristo
José Manuel Poncelis
as Isauro
Juan Pablo de Santiago
as Young Evaristo
Hoze Meléndez
as Young Isauro
Fernando Álvarez Rebeil
as Martín
Nicolasa Ortíz Monasterio
as María
Héctor Jiménez
as Santiago
José Concepción Macías
as Fausto
- MM
Mónica Miguel
as Jacinta
Fátima Molina
as Lluvia
Directed by Ernesto Contreras