As of now, there are no plans for the movie to be made available on DVD or streaming platforms. There were a lot of mixed reactions last year when the film distributor Neon announced that Memoria would only be shown on the big screen, as part of a never-ending road-tour-style release. You're reminded, in these moments, that just listening to someone can be an act of radical empathy. You can't take your eyes off Swinton, even when she's simply sitting still and quietly listening to someone speak. There's something especially emotional about the time Jessica spends with the older Hernán, in which we see two people who have never met forge an inexplicable yet profound connection. It all builds to a climax that left my jaw on the floor, as we finally find out what's been causing that sound - though as always with Weerasethakul, the revelation yields more questions than answers.īut while Memoria has its share of baffling moments, Swinton's restrained presence anchors every scene. Hernán says he's both blessed and cursed by his ability to remember everything that has ever happened to him, which provides a clue as to the significance of Memoria's title.
Could they be two different versions of the same person? It wouldn't be a surprise in Weerasethakul's world, which is full of parallel realities and reincarnated spirits. She spends some more time with Hernán, but then he suddenly vanishes, leaving her - and us - to wonder if she's losing her grip on reality.Įventually Jessica travels to a nearby mountain village and meets an older fisherman, curiously also named Hernán, played by Elkin Díaz. She visits an archeologist who's studying some recently excavated human remains that may have something to do with the sound she's hearing. Jessica's investigation leads her in a lot of strange directions. Speaking in a mix of Spanish and English, Jessica describes the sound as "a big ball of concrete that falls into a metal well."
She visits a young sound engineer named Hernán, played by Juan Pablo Urrego, who tries to help re-create the noise using pre-recorded sound effects. Memoria is a sonic detective story, and it follows Jessica around town as she tries to figure out what the sound is, and why she's hearing it. In the days to come, Jessica will hear that bang again and again, and soon she realizes that she's the only one who can hear it. The movie begins when Jessica is awakened in the middle of the night by a loud bang. She's recently come to the city of Bogotá to visit her sister, who's recovering from a mysterious illness. She's quietly mesmerizing as a Scottish-born botanist named Jessica, who lives in Medellín, Colombia. It's his first feature shot entirely outside Thailand, and it also marks his first time working with a movie star, in this case, the great Tilda Swinton. Weerasethakul's new movie is called Memoria, and while it's as marvelously strange as anything he's ever made, it's also a bit of a departure. They're also thrilling and deeply moving if you go into them with your eyes and ears wide open and take the time to adjust to their rhythms, it's hard not to fall under their spell. Weerasethakul's films, like Tropical Malady and Syndromes and a Century, certainly demand close attention: They're slow-paced and contemplative, steeped in Thai folklore and Buddhist belief, and they have little interest in conventional narrative. I'm a huge fan of the Thai writer-director Apichatpong Weerasethakul, which doesn't do much to dispel the widely held assumption that he makes movies only a critic could love. Compatible with Horse or Dog.Jessica (Tilda Swinton) consults an engineer (Juan Pablo Urrego) in an effort to understand the mysterious sound she's hearing in Memoria. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Tiger are authoritative, self-possessed, have strong leadership qualities, are charming, ambitious, courageous, warm-hearted, highly seductive, moody, intense, and they’re ready to pounce at any time. Juan Pablo Urrego was born in the Year of the Tiger. It is in their nature to take action, sometimes before they think about it well. Thanks to its ruling planet Mars and the fact it belongs to the element of Fire (just like Leo and Sagittarius), Aries is one of the most active zodiac signs.
They are continuously looking for dynamic, speed and competition, always being the first in everything - from work to social gatherings. According to astrologers, the presence of Aries always marks the beginning of something energetic and turbulent. Juan Pablo Urrego’s zodiac sign is Aquarius.