5/20/2023 0 Comments Memoria filmSwinton’s angular frame becomes rigid whenever she hears the noises. It’s deep, low, and metallic, as though it sprung from the center of the earth, like molten rock landing on the ground. Jessica eventually goes to a young, flirtatious recording engineer, Hernán (Juan Pablo Urrego), to replicate the sound. Memoria operates on an eerie level: The sharp thuds arrive without notice, occasionally one at a time, other times in succession. But Memoria isn’t about individual memory, but collective forgetfulness. But she does remember an ominous stray dog, starving on the street, which she hoped to save, but ultimately forgot to help. Initially, Memoria seems to concern Karen’s short-term memory issues: She doesn’t remember Jessica’s visits to the hospital. She’s visiting her sister Karen (Agnes Brekke), who’s in a Bogata hospital suffering from a mysterious respiratory ailment. Jessica is an expatriate English woman living in Medellín, Colombia, where she operates a flower-selling business. And it’s a kind of ghost story, filled with supernatural terror and a psychological exploration of the connected human consciousness. Memoria, a glacial 136-minute meditation by Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul ( Tropical Malady, Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives), concerns Jessica’s search for the truth behind this foreboding sound. Jessica soon discovers that almost no one else can hear the repeating, threatening clonk, save for pigeons and one frightened passerby on the street. The sound is dull, yet sharp, and it doesn’t have a clear sense of origin. release.Īfter hearing a major thud, Jessica (Tilda Swinton) suddenly wakes up to a milk-colored nighttime. Stay tuned for more information when the film arrives in U.S. ![]() This review of Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Memoria comes from the film’s screening at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival.
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