By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Pedro Costa
Starring: Manuel Tavares Almeida | Ventura | Vitalina Varela
Country: portugal
Year: 2020
Running time: 124
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8241872/reference
Chris says: “On the basis of this (I haven’t seen his other work), Pedro Costa makes slow cinema like Tsai Ming-liang, only without his playfulness or, in fact, any trace of humor. This is not a negative critique, for this film, which follows the titular character, a Cape Verdean who arrives in Portugal to bury her just-deceased husband who had moved there years before, is visually and tonally a work of art.
“Of everything I’ve watched at home during this pandemic, this particular film is one that might’ve benefited most from a theatrical viewing. As is, it was challenging to feel much for this character due to the deliberate narrative stasis. I get that nothing was supposed to happen here, but very little seemed to transcend that nothingness. Still, if I can ever reasonably see it on a big screen, I’ll give it a second chance. 3 cats“
Vitalina Varela