Norte, the End of History (2014)
88%RT Audience Score: 80%
Awards & Nominations: 10 wins & 17 nominations
Its four-hour length is undeniably imposing, but Norte, the End of History rewards patient viewers with an absorbing, visually expansive viewing experience
Norte, the End of History is a movie that will make you feel like you’ve lived a lifetime by the time it’s over. But don’t worry, you won’t be bored. The film is a slow burn that builds to a powerful and humbling conclusion. It’s not a happy-go-lucky movie, but it’s worth the emotional investment. Plus, you’ll feel super cultured for watching a four-hour foreign film.
Production Company(ies)
Warner Bros.,
Distributor
Cinema Guild
Release Type
Filming Location(s)
MPAA / Certificate
TV-MA
Year of Release
2014
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby
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Aspect ratio:2.39 : 1
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Runtime:4h 10m
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Language(s):Filipino, Tagalog, English
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Jun 20, 2014 Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 21, 2014
Genre(s)
Drama
Keyword(s)
Norte, the End of History, Drama, 4h 10m, Lav Diaz, Raymond Lee, Lav Diaz, Rody Vera, Tagalog, Sid Lucero, Angeli Bayani, Archie Alemania, Soliman Cruz, Mailes Kanapi, Hazel Orencio, Cinema Guild, reviewed by J.R Jones, Peter Keough, Mark Jenkins, Tara Brady, Mark Kermode, Geoffrey Macnab, Nicholas Bell, C.J Prince, Daniel Green, PJ Nabarro, David Phelps, Charles Mudede, starring Sid Lucero, Angeli Bayani, Archie Alemania, directed by Lav Diaz, written by Lav Diaz, Rody Vera, box office performance, budget, producer Raymond Lee, MPAA rating, visually expansive, absorbing, political, spiritual, realism, incantatory rhythms, mysterious, meals, walks, chores, desperate souls, justice, luxury, mobile camera, Hollywood spectacle, suspense, poetic, conclusion
Worldwide gross: $10,457
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $13,069
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 3,133
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 1,425
US/Canada gross: $10,457
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $13,069
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 2,813
US/Canada opening weekend: $2,164
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $2,704
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 2,842
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): NA
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): NA
Production budget ranking: NA
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
ROI to date (est.): NA
ROI ranking: NA
Angeli Bayani – Eliza
Archie Alemania – Joaquin
Soliman Cruz – Wakwak
Mailes Kanapi – Hoda
Hazel Orencio – Ading
Director(s)
Lav Diaz
Writer(s)
Lav Diaz, Rody Vera
Producer(s)
Raymond Lee
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
10 wins & 17 nominations
Academy Awards
All Critics (40) | Top Critics (20) | Fresh (37) | Rotten (3)
Powerful and humbling, this 2013 drama is worth every minute you’re willing to give it.
September 4, 2014
J. R. Jones
Chicago Reader
TOP CRITIC
A political and spiritual parable, but related with such subtle realism and incantatory rhythms that it is far more mysterious than didactic.
August 28, 2014 | Rating: 3.5/4
Peter Keough
Boston Globe
TOP CRITIC
If the movie’s universal themes don’t impress, its specific details do.
August 7, 2014 | Rating: 3/4
Mark Jenkins
Washington Post
TOP CRITIC
As is often the case with three-hour-plus projects, a sense of Stockholm Syndrome kicks in, leaving us happy to roll along with real-time rhythms of meals and walks and chores.
July 25, 2014 | Rating: 5/5
Tara Brady
Irish Times
TOP CRITIC
Moments are electrifying – the spaces between them challenging.
July 20, 2014 | Rating: 3/5
Mark Kermode
Observer (UK)
TOP CRITIC
Diaz is dealing with primal emotions in a contemplative, visually striking way.
July 18, 2014 | Rating: 3/5
Geoffrey Macnab
Independent (UK)
TOP CRITIC
Superbly shot and featuring a host of interesting characters, it echoes a type of intelligent, painstaking cinema from a bygone era.
August 30, 2019 | Rating: 4/5
Nicholas Bell
IONCINEMA.com
For those willing to give Diaz’s film a chance, Norte will provide one of the year’s best viewing experiences.
June 18, 2019 | Rating: 8.2/10
C.J. Prince
Way Too Indie
Norte, the End of History offers no easy answers nor happy endings. Instead, we’re deftly (and sensually) immersed in the lives of these desperate souls, where contentment — let alone justice — is a luxury few can afford.
April 2, 2019 | Rating: 5/5
Daniel Green
CineVue
Most directors would let the medium be subservient to the rich storyline but not Diaz who elevates and elucidates the themes of the narrative through full mastery of his craft
December 2, 2018 | Rating: 4/5
PJ Nabarro
Patrick Nabarro
Diaz’s embrace of a mobile camera and exploitation stories suggests that “contemplative” cinema has probably never really been a reproof to Hollywood spectacle and suspense, so much as it’s been an extension of spectacle by other means.
October 26, 2018
David Phelps
MUBI
It’s a monumental achievement: a four-hour film you wish could be longer.
September 6, 2018
Charles Mudede
The Stranger (Seattle, WA)…
Plot
An innocent man is wrongly imprisoned for murder while the true killer goes free in Norte, the End of History, a four-hour drama that explores themes of politics and spirituality.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
Sid Lucero plays the real killer who goes free in Norte, the End of History.
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