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Luz: The Flower of Evil

Dir Juan Diego Escobar Alzate, Mexico/Colombia, 2019

On digital 26 July; Blu-ray 23 August

A heady brew of acid Western, folklore, Alejandro Jodorowsky and Terrence Malick, Luz is unlike anything else you’ll see this year.

In an unspecified time and place, Señor (Conrado Osorio) is the leader of a small, devoutly religious mountain community where he rules the roost in much the same way a cult leader dominates his disciples. He lives with his daughter Uma (Yuri Vargas), two

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