Julia, Mariana, Rebecca, and Benny, children of Leo, join the family for lunch somewhere in Mexico and discuss whether to sell the ranch or not. Simple plot, nothing much to it. Ah! You would be mistaken if you thought so. Surely there have been movies, most notably Festen or the underrated Death in the Gunj, that highlight what happens when a family gets together in certain unique circumstances and things get explosive. Familia gives the impression that it’s another one of those films where secrets, psychological or sociological in nature, will come tumbling out, but it turned out to be a much more probing film. It’s not that exhilarating to watch the scenes unfold in this film, perhaps because I became like a voyeur, wanting to peep into the interpersonal dynamics of a family, waiting for the drama of the dysfunctional(?) family to unfold. Familia set me up for some spicy secrets,...
- 12/17/2023
- by Ayush Awasthi
- Film Fugitives
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