When Rosa is expected to hand her boss the suntan lotion on a deer hunt, this feels like a sign. Don Reynaldo’s ranch is about to celebrate its farm anniversary, but this passionate hunter’s image is built on a lie. And so, here in the countryside, where men are men, employees are grateful subjects and women diligently and docilely hold it all together, cracks begin to appear in the social life of this microcosm. Ordered around day in and day out, unnoticed by those in her class-conscious surroundings, the menial Rosa gradually becomes an agent of change. While Don Reynaldo’s extended family contorts itself in a bid to save the old order, men begin to arrive at the farm in pickup trucks. Their appearance at the feast and a threat are enough to make the ageing patriarch fear for his life and his family – and force him to act. All that passes is observed by the animals who, either as trophies on the wall or as livestock out to pasture, seem to sense the end of an old hegemony. With a keen sense of how to deploy omens that herald change, Alejandra Márquez Abella portrays an epochal shift in rural Mexico – as seen by characters who are usually relegated to passive supporting roles.
乡土风格节奏必然慢。。。
今年柏林又一部乡土片，节奏比较沉闷缓慢，着力于刻画墨西哥的乡土家庭生活，到最后结局才爆发，主角用生命捍卫自己的土地
节奏太慢了。
墨西哥的西部片，偏远农场的保卫战。节奏非常缓慢，导演慢悠悠地讲述农场的周年庆，饶有兴致地展示农场家庭的生活。当然，气氛也在逐渐地聚集、紧张，最后是凝固，达到燃爆点，似乎一触即发。全片都在为结尾几分钟的枪战做铺垫，没有点耐心也许难以欣赏下来。
墨西哥乡土片，喜欢这种家庭众生相加点黑社会的搭配，音乐营造出一种奇怪的紧张感和丰富细腻的讲述不太相称。
