Heli
Aug 22 - Aug 24, 2014
(Amat Escalante, Mexico, DCP, 2013)
Seattle premiere!
The film selected to represent Mexico for the Best Foreign Picture at the Academy Awards is a melancholic, visceral, unflinching rumination on the brutality of the drug war, and the perseverance of one family that is inadvertently drawn into it.
"Heli is a stunning piece of filmmaking. It's a hypnotic, starkly beautiful, often disturbing drama. . .for cinéastes willing to challenge their comfort zones, it's a must." —Los Angeles Times
"a dead-eyed, lyrical art film that kicks you in the throat. . .Heli has a handful of Holy Shit moments few casual American filmgoers will be prepared for." —Village Voice
"Amat Escalante takes an entirely naturalistic approach to violent narco-trafficking. It just is, an implacable force like the weather or inflation, beyond man’s control or comprehension." —Seattle Weekly
"Escalante fills Heli with gorgeous desolation. . .The paradox of Heli is this: It's a beautiful film that is difficult to watch" —The Stranger