Film review
Noaki Schwartz / Daily Pilot
If this film was used by the Mexican tourism board, the country would be
overrun by visitors. “Bajo, California” is a visual dream, lifting the
most beautiful angles of the countryside to its best light. It is the
type of film where the story is shown rather than told.
The tale is about Damian, a tortured Laguna Beach artist who leaves his
pregnant wife to go in search of his grandmother’s grave. What he is
really running away from is the guilt he feels after hitting a pregnant
woman months earlier.
And so Damian goes on a long, purging journey in which he crosses paths
with various symbolic characters, creating some artistic offering at each
stop.
Finally, he reaches his grandmother’s village -- a small collection of
eccentric people who all have the same last name. It is here that he
finally stops running and finds out who he is. And, it is here that he
pays his penance.
* “Bajo, California -- The Limit of Time” screens at 6:15 p.m. today at the Edwards Island 7 Cinemas.
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