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I Dream in Another Language (2017)

07/28/2017 Fantasy, Drama 1h 41m
79%
User
Score
7.4/10
80%
64/100

Overview

An indigenous language is in peril, as its last two speakers had a quarrel in the past and haven't spoken to each other in over 50 years. Martín, a young linguist, will undertake the challenge of bringing the old friends back together and convincing them to speak once again so he can obtain a recorded registration of the language and study it.

Ernesto Contreras

Director

Carlos Contreras

Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

Eligio Meléndez

Eligio Meléndez

Evaristo

José Manuel Poncelis

José Manuel Poncelis

Isauro

Juan Pablo de Santiago

Juan Pablo de Santiago

Young Evaristo

Hoze Meléndez

Hoze Meléndez

Young Isauro

Fernando Álvarez Rebeil

Fernando Álvarez Rebeil

Martín

Nicolasa Ortíz Monasterio

Nicolasa Ortíz Monasterio

María

Héctor Jiménez

Héctor Jiménez

Santiago

Norma Angélica

Norma Angélica

Flaviana

José Concepción Macías

José Concepción Macías

Fausto

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Media

I Dream In Another Language Trailer #1 (2017) | Movieclips Indie

I Dream In Another Language Trailer #1 (2017) | Movieclips Indie

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Reviews

A review by tmdb28039023

Written on September 10, 2022

I Dream in Another Language is ambitious but uneven. It has good ideas, but struggles with the execution. It’s visually flawless, which is a good thing if we subscribe to the theory that a picture is worth a thousand words, but it can also be seen as a triumph of style over substance, especially in a film that’s supposed to be about words – both said and unsaid.

And yet, I can’t help liking it, because director Ernesto Contreras and screenwriter Carlos Contreras show a sincere love of language and communication, even if they, somewhat ironically, don’t know quite how to express it. It’s almost as if something was lost in the translation from dream to reality.

The movie revolves around a fictitious indigenous language called Zikril. There are other plot points, but this is...

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