"Bardo: False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths" is a profound, moving, imaginative and ambitious cinematic "docu-fiction." It is also, arguably, one of the best films of the year. Alejandro G. Iñárritu's movie is an epic paradox about "everything that never was." The film is "a chronicle of uncertainties" as it explores issues of identity, nationality, immigration, privilege, aging, creativity, fantasy, success, family and the meaning of home, among other topics.
"Bardo" is very much wrapped up in Mexican nationalism.
