Movieo
Poster for The Ardor

The Ardor

2014 · 1h 41m · R Drama, Western
Directed by Pablo Fendrik

Seen it?

Overview

Kaí is a mysterious shaman who emerges from the Rio Paraná to help a poor farmer and his daughter, who are threatened by a band of cold-blooded mercenaries hired to force them to sell their land.

Director and cast

Critics on Rotten Tomatoes

Top critics, in their words

All reviews
Rotten

Sergio Leone meets 'Sounds of the Rainforest' in this wafting new-age western.

Tom Huddleston, Time Out
Fresh

The spirit of Sergio Leone hovers above Argentine director Pablo Fendrik's Ardor, a spooky south-of-the-equator oater -- or "machete Western," if you will -- that trades open desert horizons for dense jungle backdrops.

Peter Debruge, Variety
Rotten

The reverential film takes itself far too seriously; it ends up being neither sufficiently inventive nor revisionist to surmount its archetypal cliches.

David Rooney, Hollywood Reporter

Comments

Talk about the film with other members

More films