Ixcanul fingerprintStriking style, no humor.
Calm and low-key
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Moving and melancholic
Much of it is about growing up and family.
Serious throughout
Everyday modern life, growing up, and society
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Standout direction and performances
Standout cinematography and sound design
Calm and low-key
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Ixcanul is calm and low-intensity. The story builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Moving and melancholic
Much of it is about growing up and family.
Emotionally, it's moving and melancholic. Much of it is about growing up and family.
Everyday modern life, growing up, and society
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Its world is built around everyday modern life, growing up, and society. The setting feels lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Standout direction and performances
The direction and performances stand out.
Standout cinematography and sound design
Look and sound: the cinematography and sound design stand out.
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Ixcanul is included with a subscription to Kino Film Collection in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Kanopy and Hoopla. You can also rent or buy it from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, and YouTube. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Yes. It's widely acclaimed, with a GoodWatch score of 82/100 (IMDb 7.1, Rotten Tomatoes 98%, and Metacritic 83). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
Content advisories: sexual content and disturbing imagery.
1 h 33 min
Ixcanul runs 1 h 33 min.
Not quite. Critics rate Ixcanul higher (91) than audiences (76). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
It was made in Spanish. Produced in France, Guatemala, Netherlands, Switzerland.
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