BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths

"Experience a state of mind."

2022 2h 39m ES

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Synopsis

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A renowned Mexican journalist and documentary filmmaker living in Los Angeles, after being named the recipient of a prestigious international award, is compelled to return to his native country, unaware that this simple trip will push him to an existential limit.

“Experience a state of mind.”

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Cast

Daniel Giménez Cacho
Silverio Gama
Griselda Siciliani
Lucía
Íker Sánchez Solano
Lorenzo
Ximena Lamadrid
Camila
Luz Jiménez
Mamá
Luis Couturier
Papá
Francisco Rubio
Luis Baldivia
Andrés Almeida
Martín

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Writers: Nicolás Giacobone, Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Countries: Mexico, United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Clocks in at 159 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 4 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: Mexico, United States of America.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, shot by Darius Khondji. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Bryce Dessner. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Alejandro G. Iñárritu shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Daniel Giménez Cacho and Griselda Siciliani and Íker Sánchez Solano carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Experience a state of mind.".

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The take

Alejandro G. Iñárritu directs. Darius Khondji behind the camera. Bryce Dessner scores. Alejandro G. Iñárritu cuts. Produced in Mexico, United States of America.

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Things worth knowing

1Clocks in at 159 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.
2Released 4 years ago.
3International production across 2 countries: Mexico, United States of America.
4Directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, shot by Darius Khondji. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Bryce Dessner. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Alejandro G. Iñárritu shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Daniel Giménez Cacho and Griselda Siciliani and Íker Sánchez Solano carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Experience a state of mind.".
9IMDB entry: tt14176542 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 12 themes, including "mexico", "midlife crisis", "journalism", "surrealism".
11Released under 15 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Darius Khondji
Original score: Bryce Dessner
Editing: Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Production design: Eugenio Caballero
Costume design: Anna Terrazas
Makeup / hair: Lucy Bentancourt
VFX supervisor: Guillaume Rocheron
Sound: Martín Hernández
Runtime: 159 min · 2h 39m
Status: Released
Original language: ES
Certification (US): R
IMDB: BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths (2022)

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Manuel São Bento2022-10-10
★ 7/10
FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://www.msbreviews.com/movie-reviews/bardo-spoiler-free-review-lff-2022 "Bardo works best when it focuses on the dynamics between father, mother, and children regarding immigration and how this drastic life change impacts each member of the family nucleus. Alejandro G. Iñárritu takes advantage of all the awe-inspiring technical elements to build a story worthy of the big screen but lacks tonal consistency and narrative control. "Historical" recreations with q.b. Surrealism only makes the runtime feel heavier, and if it wasn't for Darius Khondji's superb cinematography along with exceptional set and sound design, this film would have been in trouble. Fortunately, there's a lot more to be enjoyed than to feel frustrated." Rating: B
Scott782022-12-06
★ 10/10
" Only Mexicans can turn this disgraceful defeat, into mitic victory ". A Brutal Masterpiece, A sensorial experience, watching Bardo is experience a brutal portrait of a estate of mind, is a trip around memories and dreams, in a better way to call it a recollection of memories and experiences. Really worth checking out,
CinemaSerf2026-08-04
★ 6/10
"Silverio" (Daniel Giménez Cacho) is a journalist with a bit of a superiority complex who has long since moved from his Mexican home to live in the United States. Unexpectedly, he wins a prestigious quadrennially-awarded prize that requires him and his family to return to his homeland - a place where is he not going to be universally welcomed. Initially minded to sneer at the more suburban attitudes of his ertswhile friends and colleagues and dismissive of their small town, social media driven, mentality he is soon challenged by the rabbit holes of his own memories. Like many of us, of a certain age, reminiscences may appear as factual as the day is long, but there are often something of the exaggeratedly Quixotic about them. His are no different, only he starts with a much broader canvas than many as we descend into a world where discriminating between the real and the embellished, the fake and the surreal becomes just as hard for us as it does for him. It's as if his mind is deconstructing the life he actually led and replacing it, like it were Lego bricks, with something more acceptable, laudable and enjoyable too. This journey takes us all back to his roots and at times it's quite good fun using an eccentric, "Grand Budapest Hotel" (2014), style of colourful and creative cinematography, but trying to make much sense of the story or to establish any sort of structured plot is probably going to be a frustrating exercise and so I found wasn't really worth the effort. This is an outlandish product of Iñárritu's florid imagination that ebbs and flows accordingly. When it flows, it's entertaining, quirky and characterful. When it ebbs, well it's actually quite a drudge that I struggled to remain engaged with. On balance, there is probably more of the former than the latter, but at just shy of three hours this often seems more like a solid dose of self-indulgence from both the director and from the on-form Cacho as he relishes the role throughout. If I were you, I'd see it on a big screen for watching on television might just tempt you to hit the fast forward button once or twice.