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Hatzin (Hatzin Navarrete), a young teenager from Mexico City, travels to collect the remains of his father, which have been found in a communal grave in the northern part of Mexico. But a casual encounter with a man Mario (Hernán Mendoza) who shares a physical resemblance with his father puts in doubt the certainty of his father’s death and above all, opens the possibility of re-establishing a father-son relationship the young man so deeply desires.
Winner of the Venice Film Festival’s Leoncino d’Oro Agiscuola Award – Cinema for UNICEF, The Box concludes Venezuelan writer-director Lorenzo Vigas trilogy, which includes his short Elephants Never Forget (2004) and his feature debut, From Afar (Festival 2016), winner of the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.
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JOHN FRANCIS FOX
3 out of 5 stars
POWERFUL FILM WITH SOME DISTURBING AND PROBLEMATIC SCENES
November 9, 2022
I WANTED TO LIKE THIS FILM AS MUCH AS I HAVE LIKED OTHER FILMS ABOUT IMPOVERISHED CHILDREN, SUCH AS "THE BICYCLE THIEF," "SALAAM BOMBAY," AND "MEN WITH GUNS.," AND DIRECTOR LORENZO VIGAS WAS CERTAINLY EFFECTIVE AT CONVEYING THE HARDSHIPS FACED BY POVERTY STRICKEN YOUTHS LIKE HATZIN (HATZIN NAVRETTE). BUT IT BECAME MORE DIFFICULT TO LIKE THE FILM WHEN YOU SEE HATZIN HELP MARIO (HERNAN MENDOZA) STEAL A MAN'S TRUCK BY ASKING THE MAN TO HELP CARRY HIS MOTHER TO THE BATHROOM, AND, WHEN THE MAN GOES TO HELP THIS NON-EXISTENT MOTHER, YOU SEE MARIO COME ALONG AND EITHER KNOCK THE MAN OUT OR KILL HIM, AND THEN STEAL HIS TRUCK. THE FILM BECAME EVEN MORE DIFFICULT TO LIKE WHEN YOU SEE HATZIN HELP MARIO COVER UP AN EVEN WORSE CRIME, AND WHEN YOU SEE HATZIN COMMIT A HORRIBLE CRIME OF HIS OWN. THESE SCENES MADE THE FILM SEEM LIKE AN EVEN MORE EXTREME EXAMPLE OF THOSE HORRIBLE OLD "DEAD END KID" MOVIES WHERE YOU WOULD SEE THEM GANG UP ON SOME POOR DEFENSELESS KID AND BEAT HIM UP AND/OR ROB HIM. I REALIZE THAT MR. VIGAS PROBABLY WANTED TO GIVE PEOPLE A SENSE OF WHAT POVERTY CAN FORCE PEOPLE TO DO , BUT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER IF HE HAD AT LEAST SHOWN HIS CHARACTERS DEVELOP EVEN A SHRED OF A CONSCIENCE.
