I Dream in Another Language (2017)

Original title

Sueño en otro idioma

Directed by

Ernesto Contreras

Genre

drama film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

Mexico

Runtime

1h 43m

Rated

15

Rating

7.9 of 10 from 150 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A linguist travels to a rural Mexican village to document a dying indigenous language. He must persuade two elderly former friends to speak to each other and share their forgotten tongue.

melancholictenderslow-burnreflectivebittersweetpoignantquietwistful

What happens

I Dream in Another Language (Spanish: Sueño en otro idioma) is a 2017 Mexican drama film directed by Ernesto Contreras. It was screened in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition section of the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. The film's theme revolves around the conservation of indigenous language and culture, placing it within a larger movement of Latin-American films that feature indigenous languages in order to give a voice to those historically silenced. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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