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499 is a 2020 Mexican-American documentary hybrid film directed by Rodrigo Reyes. The film is a creative exploration of the legacy of colonialism in contemporary Mexico, 500 years after the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire.[1][2][3] The film had its international premiere at the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival,[4] where it won the best cinematography award in the documentary competition,[5] as well as winning the Special Jury Award at Hot Docs the same year. It also won the EnergaCAMERIMAGE Golden Frog Prize for Best Docudrama.[6]

499 has received support from several organizations, including Sundance Institute,[7] Tribeca Film Institute,[8] and the Mexican Film Institute.[9]

Synopsis

Mixing fictional and nonfictional elements, 499 explores the legacy of colonialism in contemporary Mexico, nearly five-hundred years after Hernán Cortés conquered the Aztec Empire.

Release

499 was shown at many film festivals including the Tribeca Film Festival in 2020.[10]

Reception

Director Jim Jarmusch wrote about the film "Rodrigo Reyes has created a strong, beautiful and disturbing film that seems to occupy a genre all its own... 499 deftly weaves brutality with tender beauty, and harsh reality with the realm of dreams."[17]

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of Шаблон:RT data based on Шаблон:RT data reviews, with an average rating of Шаблон:RT data.[18] Bobby LePire of Film Threat calls it "a spellbinding movie anchored by a reliable performance by Eduardo San Juan Breña..."[19]

Critic Carlos Aguilar reflects on the film as "a truly brilliant accomplishment of unconventional storytelling, form and theme coalesce to open a portal where textbook history becomes an active entity and clashes with the present for a forward-thinking exploration."[20]

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