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Enlightened Blood
Enlightened Blood
7.4
/10
76 Ratings

ENLIGHTENED BLOOD

La Sangre Iluminada

Directed by Iván Ávila Dueñas
Mexico, 2007
Drama, Fantasy

Synopsis

Six seemingly unconnected souls lead very separate lives until they are inexorably bound together through a mystical transformation of mind and body. The necessity to explain this strange condition link them together through objects, messages and memories.

Synopsis

Six seemingly unconnected souls lead very separate lives until they are inexorably bound together through a mystical transformation of mind and body. The necessity to explain this strange condition link them together through objects, messages and memories.

Our take

The mystical nature of Mexican culture often imbues its national cinema, and Enlightened Blood is certainly an example of this magical tendency. Charged with metaphysical occurrences and symbolic imagery, this kaleidoscopic meeting of souls is a free-flowing, charming oddity.