Hermia & Helena

Name: Hermia & Helena
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: May 26, 2017
Duration: 87 min
Rating: 79
Cast: Agustina Mu, Dustin Guy Defa, Gabriela Saidon, Julián Larquier Tellarini, Keith Poulson

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Kino Lorber | Release Date: May 26, 2017 | Not Rated

Starring: Agustina Mu, Dustin Guy Defa, Gabriela Saidon, Julián Larquier Tellarini, Keith Poulson, Laura Paredes, María Villar, Mati Diop, Pablo Sigal, Romina Paula

Summary: Camila (Agustina Muñoz), a young Argentine theater director, travels from Buenos Aires to New York for an artist residency to work on a new Spanish translation of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Upon her arrival, she quickly realizes that her work isn't compensating for the loss of her friends and the lover she left behind. WhenCamila (Agustina Muñoz), a young Argentine theater director, travels from Buenos Aires to New York for an artist residency to work on a new Spanish translation of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Upon her arrival, she quickly realizes that her work isn't compensating for the loss of her friends and the lover she left behind. When she begins to receive a series of mysterious postcards from Danièle (Mati Diop), a former participant in the same residency, Camila second-guesses her artistic endeavors and begins to seek answers about her past. [Kino Lorber]… Expand

Director: Matías Piñeiro

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 87 min

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Mark Feeney

Aug 30, 2017

That’s how the gifted young Argentine writer-director Matías Piñeiro makes his movies, in a style that seems casual and feels sure-handed — casual and sure-handed being about as good a combination as artistry, in any medium, has to offer. Read full review

The Film Stage Ethan Vestby

May 25, 2017

The film is named after the two characters from a Midsummer’s Night’s Dream, Camilla works at translating Shakespeare into Spanish, and this plays like an analogy for Piñeiro’s films in general: an attempt to reconfigure the Bard into modern times and his very modern, niche cinematic ideals. Read full review

Richard Brody

May 25, 2017

Filming cityscapes and intimate gestures with avid attention, adorning the dialogue with deep confessions and witty asides, Piñeiro conjures a cogently realistic yet gloriously imaginative vision of youthful ardor in love and art alike. Read full review

Abbey Bender

May 25, 2017

There are a few different potential films within Hermia & Helena — a Shakespeare adaptation, a tale of romantic relationships, a tale of family — but the totality proves a sunny and affable literary collage. Read full review

Glenn Kenny

May 25, 2017

The film belongs to Ms. Muñoz. She’s the kind of performer (like Setsuko Hara, the Japanese actress to whom the film is dedicated) you can’t take your eyes off, even when she doesn’t seem to be up to much of anything. Read full review

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

May 25, 2017

Part of the charm of Hermia & Helena is in the way it freely and randomly plays with form, employing luxuriantly slow dissolves, unexpected snatches of superimposed text, and even a black-and-white film-within-the-film. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Nick Allen

May 26, 2017

Hermia & Helena’s touch-and-go approach weakens the movie’s key expression of being a relatable story about being lost during your late 20s/early 30s. Read full review

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