In the Mexican film i saw yesterday- Japon- a guy from the city goes to stay in a country village, intent on suicide, but comes to care more for life thanks to the gentle humanity of the elderly peasant woman who takes him in as a lodger. Influenced by Tarkovsky and Kiarostami, with a touch of Herzog, and a Bressonian minimalist approach to acting; slowly paced, beautifully shot, a quite superb film from a director of rare promise who respects the viewer and is genuinely interested in the arthouse tradition.