This comparative essay deals with two films, Forever (a documentary about the Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris directed by Heddy Honigman), and Silent Light (a fiction film set among Mexican Mennonites, and featuring a non-professional cast directed by Carlos Reygadas), both of which focus on love and death.

Keywords:
Heddy Honigman, Carlos Reygadas, Père Lachaise, documentary, Ordet, Mexican cinema
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2008
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