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Philip J. Fry
12-13-2020, 11:18 PM
https://i.imgur.com/zUiGD1X_d.webp?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium

Trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wsY9RsufuI

IMDb (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8241872/) / wiki (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitalina_Varela) / RT (https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/vitalina_varela) / Metacritic (https://www.metacritic.com/movie/vitalina-varela)

Official website (https://grasshopperfilm.com/film/vitalina-varela/)

baby doll
12-13-2020, 11:24 PM
I've only seen it once but it already feels like a classic.

Idioteque Stalker
01-18-2021, 07:44 PM
I've never seen a movie that looks like this, probably because I've never seen a Pedro Costa movie before. Darkness nearly overtakes each frame, lending a richness to the characters' faces and surrounding pockets of color. The care put into each image, the music-less sound design, and the stillness of the performances all lead me to assume I would enjoy Costa the photographer more than Costa the filmmaker (the truth is I'd rather spend an hour in a gallery viewing these images at my own pace than two hours viewing them at Costa's pace), yet as a series of tableaus it is stunning.