Aqui

In a land where everyone arrives from somewhere else with no memory of before, new names, a new language and no idea of what to expect from a place where a seemingly benevolent bureaucracy quietly enforces conformity – Simón (Manolo Solo) arrives with a young boy, David (Álex Peláez) who is not his son, but who has lost his mother during the journey.  Simón and David know nothing of each other or the child’s mother, but when he sees a woman named Inés (Patricia López Arnaiz), Simón becomes convinced that she is the child’s mother and convinces Inés to take on the role. As this makeshift non-biological family begin to navigate their situation and the perplexing pitfalls of the strange world they find themselves in – the enigmatic David proves himself to be wise beyond his years, stubborn in his will to live in his own world rather than the real one; and blessed with an innocence that attracts a strange assortment of devotees. 

Guedes’ cinematic vision of Coetzee’s stark, allegorical world and fidelity to the author’s spare language, carried by quietly powerful performances from its central trio,  takes viewers on an epic, surreal journey that demands attention but delivers rewards as an understated but existentially provocative film, defying easy explanation but offering lingering contemplation of what it means to be a family and what it might mean to be truly free.