Song Without A Name is a true original, at once rooted in a raw emotional reality but told with the striking beauty of a dream. Writer-director Melina León is definitely one to watch.
Unlike Alfonso Cuarón's critically-lauded "Roma," which somehow managed to reduce its indigenous protagonist to a passive observer in her own life, Song Without a Name never loses sight of Georgina's pain or her agency - or its limits.
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Slant MagazineSteven Scaife
Slant MagazineSteven Scaife
The film is strikingly fixated on exploring loss and pain on an intimate and personal scale.