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A Thousand Clouds Of Peace (2003)

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Reviews Counted:26

Fresh:8

Rotten:18

Average Rating:4.6/10

Rated: Not Rated

Genre: Foreign Films

Theatrical Release:Apr 16, 2004 Limited

Synopsis: This breathtaking, quiet film about unrequited love explores new territory in gay cinema. Gerardo (Juan Carlos Artuno) is a 17-year-old guy seeking real love in a heartless big city. A series of... This breathtaking, quiet film about unrequited love explores new territory in gay cinema. Gerardo (Juan Carlos Artuno) is a 17-year-old guy seeking real love in a heartless big city. A series of one night stands, strange encounters, and bizarre pickups leads him into a miasma of confusion and doubt. He thinks he has discovered love in Bruno (Juan Carlos Torres), but wakes up to find his partner inexplicably vanished. Gerardo wanders the streets of Mexico City, seeing flashes of his ex in all the male bodies he encounters. With a Dear John letter in hand, he struggles find the hidden meaning in this written rejection. The meaning of love, or lack thereof, haunts him as he searches for connection to humanity. The strength of this picture, which was an official selection at Sundance Film Festival and winner of the Teddy aware at Berlin, is upheld by profoundly artful B&W cinematography by Diego Arizmendi. [More]

Starring: Juan Carlos Ortuno

Starring: Juan Carlos Ortuno

Director: Julian Hernandez

Director: Julian Hernandez
Studio: Strand Releasing

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07/03/04
Jean Lowerison
Jean Lowerison
San Diego Metropolitan

Ponderous and pretentious.

Full Review Source: E! Online | comment Comment
04/16/04
E! Online

Succeeds in alienating us.

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
05/21/04
Allison Benedikt
Allison Benedikt
Chicago Tribune

He suffers, we suffer - the end.

Full Review Source: TheMovieChicks.com | comment Comment
06/18/04
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
TheMovieChicks.com

As pretentious and wispy as its title.

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07/30/04
Desson Thomson
Desson Thomson
Washington Post
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10/19/04
Don Willmott
Don Willmott
Filmcritic.com

Idea and technique are of some interest here, but, in the end, not enough.

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04/12/04
Donald J. Levit
Donald J. Levit
ReelTalk Movie Reviews

Love in the Time of Cholera this ain’t.

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04/06/04
Ed Gonzalez
Ed Gonzalez
Slant Magazine

Self-indulgent in the extreme, Julian Hernandez's laconic ode to heartbreak feels like the work of a lovelorn teenager.

Full Review Source: New York Daily News | comment Comment
04/16/04
Elizabeth Weitzman
Elizabeth Weitzman
New York Daily News

A ponderous, quiet little mess that has nothing to say and no idea how to say it anyway.

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07/03/04
Eric D. Snider
Eric D. Snider
EricDSnider.com

A self-consciously arty piece that may be psychologically useful to its writer-director but is torture for its audience.

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06/20/04
Frank Swietek
Frank Swietek
One Guy's Opinion

A thuddingly slow, often wordless portrait of emotional pain.

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04/02/04
G. Allen Johnson
G. Allen Johnson
San Francisco Chronicle

Mr. Hernández's attempt to put an interior landscape on film a la Pasolini may seem stultifying and pretentious, but it's also a brave dark experiment.

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06/17/04
Jane Sumner
Jane Sumner
Dallas Morning News
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All the stylistic flourishes can't hide the lack of an actual plot, character development, or point.

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04/13/04
Jorge Morales
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Keith H. Brown
Keith H. Brown
Eye for Film

Combined with the careful posing, enigmatic action and flowery language, it all amounts to something less than an 80-minute Calvin Klein advertisement.

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04/16/04
Ken Fox
Ken Fox
TV Guide's Movie Guide

A murky and morbid dirge of a gay romance set in Mexico City.

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04/16/04
Lou Lumenick
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07/20/04
Paul Sherman
Paul Sherman
Boston Herald
 
 
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