Thursday, May 16, 2013

Daniel & Ana

Mexican writer and director Michel Franco made his feature debut with this disturbing drama. A brother and sister's loving bond is shattered after a vicious kidnapping that forces them to commit the unimaginable. Franco goes beyond the kidnapping formula to explore the psychological relationship between siblings where age and gender reacts differently in the face of severe trauma. Dario Yazbek Bernal and Marimar Vega deliver riveting performances as the siblings before and after their relationship is drastically altered by a shocking act. 1001 Films' coverage of films on DVD.

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