Sundown is a profound movie with Albert Camus' L'Étranger parallelisms. A character study of a man who, taken at face value, social conventions don't seem to have any value anymore after he decides against attending his mother's funeral and instead opts to stay in Acapulco, where he and his family were vacationing.
The portrayal of the events in the movie flows seamlessly in scenes where calmness speaks as the inner voice of someone nonchalant that won't be understood by anyone who sees in the challenging of the expected behavior not inner causes that need to be understood, but an enemy that has to be fought. The absence of dialogue in many scenes makes the conversations feel natural and real instead of forced or overdramatic. The imagery also has that calming quality to it. The protagonist, most of the time, is on the beach at ease.
Sundown is an existential exploration worth seeing. Tim Roth is fantastic in this role.
The portrayal of the events in the movie flows seamlessly in scenes where calmness speaks as the inner voice of someone nonchalant that won't be understood by anyone who sees in the challenging of the expected behavior not inner causes that need to be understood, but an enemy that has to be fought. The absence of dialogue in many scenes makes the conversations feel natural and real instead of forced or overdramatic. The imagery also has that calming quality to it. The protagonist, most of the time, is on the beach at ease.
Sundown is an existential exploration worth seeing. Tim Roth is fantastic in this role.