It operates in an ambiguous register, suggesting that a woman is working in unison with nature to dole out revenge for their exploitation.
Tragic Jungle
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Mexico, France, Colombia · 2020
1h 36m
Director Yulene Olaizola
Starring Indira Andrewin, Gilberto Barraza, Mariano Tun Xool, Gabino Rodríguez
Genre Drama, Mystery
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Two young women flee Belize. They cross the jungle and the Río Hondo that marks the border with Mexico, but there’s something out there in the untamed wilderness, something that might not be natural. Loosely based on the Mayan myth of Xtabay, a demon who lures men to their deaths if they enter her forest.
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The Hollywood Reporter by Jordan Mintzer
What Olaizola does best is create an atmosphere of almost mystical uncertainty at times, setting her film in a place where the frontiers between countries, cultures, reality, folklore, past and present are in constant flux.
The A.V. Club by Lawrence Garcia
More conceptual than intuitive, Tragic Jungle offers the problem without the passion: a journey into the heart of darkness without the thrill of the unknown.
Through the alien beauty of its visuals, Andrewin’s hidden-waters-run-deep performance, and its increasingly tense atmosphere, Tragic Jungle casts an unsettling spell.
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