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I Dream in Another Language

I Dream in Another Language

7,9 /10 (145 Votes)
2017 ES 101 min

Overview

An indigenous language is in peril, as its last two speakers had a quarrel in the past and haven't spoken to each other in over 50 years. Martín, a young linguist, will undertake the challenge of bringing the old friends back together and convincing them to speak once again so he can obtain a recorded registration of the language and study it.

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Release date

28/07/2017

Votes

145

Popularity

0.9

Genres

Status

Released

Original title

Sueño en otro idioma

Language

ES

Runtime

101 min

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2022-09-10

⭐ 4

I Dream in Another Language is ambitious but uneven. It has good ideas, but struggles with the execution. It’s visually flawless, which is a good thing if we subscribe to the theory that a picture is worth a thousand words, but it can also be seen as a triumph of style over substance, especially in a film that’s supposed to be about words – both said and unsaid. And yet, I can’t help liking it, because director Ernesto Contreras and screenwriter Carlos Contreras show a sincere love of language and communication, even if they, somewhat ironically, don’t know quite how to express it. It’s alm…

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