Daniel & Ana
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DVD Details
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: October 12, 2010
- Originally Released: 2009
- Label: Strand Home Video
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Marimar Vega | |
Directed by | Michel Franco | |
Director of Photography: | Chuy Chavez & Enrique Chediak |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 3/4 --
The cinematic equivalent of a PSA shedding light on an underreported vacation risk the Mexican Board of Tourism will never mention in its beckoning commercials.
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NewsBlaze
For more than 40 minutes nothing happens, there are the same shots, the same scenes, the same misfortune. A constant Deja vu. [Full review in Spanish]
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Chilango.com
Rating: 2.5/5 --
The spare, relentlessly controlled debut feature of the Mexican director Michel Franco, Daniel & Ana advances on minimal dialogue and with virtually no musical accompaniment.
New York Times
Daniel & Ana may seem like a terrible choice for a first date, but if you're brave enough, the post-cinematic discussion will assuredly be more revealing of character than any online compatibility test.
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The L Magazine
Rating: 1/4 --
The director effusively fixates on the siblings' post-traumatic stress, conveyed throughout fancily composed and classically scored scenes that suggest parodies of Michelangelo Antoninoi's ennui-clogged style.
Slant Magazine
The important thing in the Francos script is not what is said, but what is reserved. This requires patience for the narrative of the film. [Full review in Spanish]
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Letras Libres
Rating: 1/5 --
The film's horrifying experience looms over each well-constructed frame without anywhere to go...
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Time Out
Product Description:
Two siblings struggle with the aftermath of a strange and terrible crime in this drama inspired by actual events. Ana Torres (Marimar Vega) is a bright, attractive, and outgoing girl in her late teens who comes from a wealthy and socially prominent family. Ana is engaged to be married, and one weekend while home from college she goes shopping with her younger brother, Daniel (Dario Yazbek Bernal), as the family prepares for her big day. While in town, Ana and Daniel are kidnapped at gunpoint by a gang of thugs, but they are shocked by the demands of their captors, who insist that they disrobe and have sex while the criminals document the act with a video camera. A few hours later, Ana and Daniel are released, and the siblings are too humiliated to tell their parents what happened. But the emotional consequences become apparent -- Ana breaks off her engagement and retreats into a world of her own, while Daniel, already shy and reserved, is plagued with feelings of lust for his sister. DANIEL & ANA was the first feature film from director Michel Franco, and was an official selection at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.