Director: Rodrigo Prieto
Writer: Mateo Gil (Screenplay)
Writer: Juan Rulfo (Novel)
Cast
- Mayra Batalla (Huesera The Bone Woman)
- Giovanna Zacarias (The Legend of Zorro)
- Ishbel Bautista (El sapo de cristal)
- Gabriela Núñez (Noise)
Plot: Follows a dusty road to a town of death. Time shifts from one consciousness to another in a hypnotic flow of dreams, desires, and memories, a world of ghosts dominated by the figure of Pedro Páramo lover, overlord, murderer.
Runtime: 2 Hours 10 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Story: Pedro Páramo starts when a stranger returns home to a small town to learn more about his mysterious father. His mother has just passed, and the person he turns to is her oldest friend. However, the stories he hears take him on a journey to learn about his father’s actions.
Each step he takes leads him down a different path of uncertainty, and he questions more about the mysterious Pedro Paramo. However, the truth is a lot more disturbing than he ever imagined.
Verdict on Pedro Páramo
Pedro Páramo is a horror drama about a small town that lived under an infamous figure. It takes us through a journey of their lives and how much damage was done by reputation. However, it takes a twist in a direction you wouldn’t expect.
This movie dives into small town environments and how reputations can take over and cause lasting damage. However, it tends to jump around a lot and takes us down a dysfunctional path where it is hard to keep on top of things. It has scenes which open up questions, but slowly return to lead us to nowhere fast. There is a lot of ambition here, but it doesn’t hit as hard as it imagined.
Where to Watch
Pedro Páramo is available on Netflix now.
Final Thoughts –Pedro Páramo wants to bring us something mysterious but ends up doing too much.