Reygadas prefers to think of cinema as “not an art of representation, it’s an art of presence,” using reality to capture the essence of things even within a fiction.
Reygadas, 41, came to filmmaking somewhat late in life, after a career as a lawyer working in Europe specializing in armed-conflict resolution. “I liked what I did very much, and at a certain point I just felt it was not my work I didn’t like but the kind of life I lead,” he said. “I didn’t want to go to an office from Monday to Friday, dressing in a suit and a tie. It is something as banal as that, but in the end it’s your life, what you do every day.
'Post Tenebras Lux' by Carlos Reygadas
