Teresa soon becomes pregnant with a third child , but complications force Pedro to deal with the ensuing medical issues and their expense . He also begins to have moments of triumph playing local concerts and dances with the Copa Kings — as Pedro sings in his song " Quiero Brindar " , " I wan na drink to all I 've got and to all I 've accomplished . " Although earning a living as a band leader and musician proves difficult . For the locals , work in the fields depends on a good harvest , and construction work seems determined by inexplicable economic forces outside of their control . Pedro may , once again , be forced to confront the paradox that , " in order to feed their love ones , emigrants have to leave them behind . " Upon the film 's premiere at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival , the American trade reviews were predominantly positive . Johnathan Holland of '' Variety '' wrote that the film is a " quietly devastating exploration " of its subject and that " the script is beautifully observant of the stresses immigration places on family and self . " However , Neil Young of '' The Hollywood Reporter '' wrote that the film " surprisingly says little about the hot-button subjects it ambitiously sets out to explore . " . Ryan Lattanzio of '' Indiewire '' wrote that " In the vein of Ozu or even Apichatpong Weerasethakul , the film is composed of sublime fragments of life passing by " and concluded with the statement , " Peaceful , almost biblical and completely absorbing , this film is a masterpiece . " French critics were overwhelmingly positive on the film . Jacques Mandelbaum of '' Le Monde '' wrote that the film is " a remarkable first feature " by the director , and that " the deep love that binds this man and wife , the tricks the father uses to regain the look of his daughters , adolescents who are discreet and facetious in sweetly paying him the suffering of his remoteness , is all rendered with a delicacy and almost miraculous simplicity . " . Comparing the film to other Mexican cinema , Bruno Icher of '' Liberation '' writes that the film is " a new proposal , delicate and charming in a register intimate and almost quasi-documentary . " Telerama pointed out the film 's " humanistic approach , modest and sensitive to the North-South disequilibrium . " Film journal '' Positif '' noted that the film 's " attention to mise en scene makes the most quotidian situations touching
2012 Cannes Film Festival
2012 Cannes Film Festival
Aquí y Allá