Inside Cannes 2012 Day 9: Five Quotes from the Post Tenebras Lux Press Conference

1. “It’s a way of looking at life — and life is somewhat transformed in film.” – Carlos Reygadas

Filmmaker discusses the difference in terms of exterior and interior shots.

2. “An image any Mexican have when they go to sleep.” – Carlos Reygadas

Mexico according to the filmmaker is the world capitol of beheadings — in this film it conveys the bleeding of his homeland .

3. “He doesn’t have much light around him.” – Carlos Reygadas

Filmmaker was originally worried on the public trying to make connections between the actual title names of his last films – inspired by Tolstoy’s War & Peace, his reasoning for using light after darkness perfectly summarizes the journey of the character – who finds something in the end.

4. “I like that people not like the film, because other people like the film.” – Carlos Reygadas

Auteur filmmaker prefers to not use codes in his cinema as he respects the savvy public to challenge themselves in figuring out fantasy, the past, the future, and the imagined.

5. “Children are wonderful actors.” – Carlos Reygadas

Reygadas’ own children didn’t know that this was a film – they were natural, not acting, being themselves – this is what the filmmaker tries achieve with adults as well.