“Jauja” is an art-house film. What is art-house? Art-house films are sometimes art, sometimes they’re pretentious, usually they have subtitles, and often they implode the skull with boredom by attempting to go outside the tried-and-true (*ahem* fun) laws of cinematic storytelling.
As mentioned, “Jauja” is one such art-house film, and a South American Western to boot. It’s a little comedic, with a tiny smidgen of drama, a disturbing slaying or two, and a lot of grass for you to literally watch growing. The actors watch the grass grow too. Like right here. Look at them watching the grass grow. Very artistic.
