“Son of Monarchs” has a lot on its mind. When Mendel (Tenoch Huerta), a biology grad student living in New York City, returns to his home town in Mexico to pay his respects to his late grandmother,…
“Son of Monarchs” has a lot on its mind. When Mendel , a biology grad student living in New York City, returns to his home town in Mexico to pay his respects to his late grandmother, old wounds he’d kept at bay resurface. Yet Mendel’s story becomes but a way for writer-directorto map out an urgent plea about the effects of climate change, among many other timely concerns.
Which is not to say the film is entirely a concept-driven proposition. Mendel may be an impassive mask of stoicism at his grad program where he’s working on mapping the genetics behind the monarch butterfly’s wing pigments, but his knotted emotions about feeling alienated from his home, his traditions, and his family anchor some of the film’s more touching moments.
With ties to Mexican lore about aging ancestors and framed here as the core of cutting-edge genetic research, the monarchs teem with rich thematic potential. Add in their migratory patterns, their ethereal beauty and their fragile ecosystems, however, and the insects’ figurative power starts to feel overdetermined.
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