Review of Jauja (2014) by Akash S — 15 Sep 2015
Brilliantly marketed, Jauja teases so much that just isn't there: amid Patagonian frontier, as Argentine troops annihilate the natives, Danish surveyor's teen daughter runs off with a soldier. He rides off into the unknown looking for them.
But the film is painfully slow, worshipping the landscape like a nature film and rapidly losing track of the plot. Ultimately, Jauja offers a couple of dreamlike alternate endings to the parent/child separation theme.
Very unsatisfying.
This review of Jauja (2014) was written by Akash S on 15 Sep 2015.
Jauja has generally received positive reviews.
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