It’s hard avoiding all the tie-in merch, wall-to-wall advertising, and ceaseless praise from the critical press, but in case you’ve been living under a rock, it’s clear that the nation has caught BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths fever. The new film from Alejandro G. Inarritu — press junket babble patron saint — has swept the world since it premiered at Venice a few months back, and Netflix has a brand-new trailer for you to kick off yet another week of fighting children for BARDO Lego sets at your local Target.
We’re joking, of course! Not about the trailer, but about BARDO fever, as much as we wish we could live in that ridiculous universe.
Peep it:
Here’s a synopsis:
“Five-time Academy Award-winner Alejandro G. Iñárritu brings us ‘BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths.’
‘BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths’ is an epic, visually stunning and immersive experience set against the intimate and moving journey of Silverio, a renowned Mexican journalist and documentary filmmaker living in Los Angeles, who, after being named the recipient of a prestigious international award, is compelled to return to his native country, unaware that this simple trip will push him to an existential limit. The folly of his memories and fears have decided to pierce through the present, filling his everyday life with a sense of bewilderment and wonder.
With both emotion and abundant laughter, Silverio grapples with universal yet intimate questions about identity, success, mortality, the history of Mexico and the deeply emotional familial bonds he shares with his wife and children. Indeed, what it means to be human in these very peculiar times.”
BARDO will hit select theaters in the U.S. on November 4, and it’ll arrive on Netflix roughly a month and a half later on December 16. You can prepare yourself for this behemoth by practicing sitting down motionless for three hours a day, by doing heavy bladder training, and by brushing up on your ability to craft bullshit free-associative nonsense when you’re asked simple questions.