Reygadas brings 158-minute Heil Jupiter! to New York for world premiere
Carlos Reygadas's Heil Jupiter! has made its world premiere in the Currents section of the New York Film Festival.
Reygadas is credited as both director and screenwriter on the film, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The premiere took place during the 64th edition of the festival. That edition runs from 25 September through 12 October 2026, according to Film at Lincoln Center.
The film runs 2 hours 38 minutes. Its billed cast is Neli de la Rosa, Alexis Sánchez Alonso, Flor de León and Alexis Said Villa de León, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The story follows four friends. It moves across several continents, time periods and languages. Many dialogue scenes use an invented language created for the film, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Short sentences carry the plot. Longer ones carry the travel.
The look is distinctive. The film was shot by multiple cameramen, with top cinematography credit going to Daniel Valdés Serrano. It uses a box-like 1.33:1 frame, an almost-square image narrower than the wide rectangle now standard in cinemas, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Festival programmers placed the title in the 2026 Currents line-up, announced in August. The selection was described as a dreamlike look at authoritarian surveillance and transgression, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Currents is a separate strand inside the main festival.
Sales are being handled by MK2 Films, the Paris-based sales company that sells festival titles to distributors territory by territory, according to Deadline. Sales materials bill the film as a visionary cinematic experience and a nightmarish reflection on the resistance of love and beauty. The world premiere had been scheduled for late September 2026.
What makes this stand out on the festival calendar is scale and method. One invented tongue. Four leads. Several continents. Multiple cameras behind one credit block.
Reygadas has a history with the festival. He previously directed Silent Light, which screened at the 45th edition, according to Film at Lincoln Center.
