When Lisandro Alonso presented his new film Jauja at one of the big festivals last year (I can't remember whether it was Rotterdam or another festival), critics wrote that the Argentinian director had upped his game. They said the same when Lav Diaz presented Norte, a film which demands a lot less work from the viewer than . . .

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