Don Diego de Zama is an officer in the Spanish army. He serves in a small town but he dreams to be great officer so he writes many letters to the King to transfer him to a big city. Many letters have been written but no reply from the King, the thing that make Zama feels bored then decides to chase a dangerous thief with a group of soldiers.
Martel masterfully creates a vivid, sensuous, and unbearable world from which Zama and the audience can't wait to escape. Yet we also can't seem to take our eyes off it.
This gently surreal, impossibly lush existential nightmare is almost punishingly languorous, but the rewards are many for those who vibe with its peculiar rhythms.