He Whose Face Gives No Light

A masterclass in the art of digital cinematography thanks to the efforts of Mexican maverick Nicolás Pereda director of Perpetuum Mobile its a highly unusual behind the scenes record of a filmshoot in Mexico City namely Michel Lipkes Malaventura Bussmann concentrates on the elderly gents who appear in one atmospheric barscene observing them between takes and interviewing them about their lives The gentlypaced results cast a steadily hypnotic and intoxicating spell