Paulina

Name: Paulina
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: June 23, 2017
Duration: 103 min
Rating: 70
Cast: Andrea Quattrocchi, Cristian Salguero, Dolores Fonzi, Esteban Lamothe, Gabriela Pastor

2017

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Cinema Slate | Release Date: June 23, 2017 | Not Rated

Starring: Andrea Quattrocchi, Cristian Salguero, Dolores Fonzi, Esteban Lamothe, Gabriela Pastor, Laura López Moyano, Oscar Martínez

Summary: Paulina (Dolores Fonzi) leaves a promising legal career in the shadow of her politically-powerful father to work as a school-teacher in a rural village, on the border with Paraguay and Brazil. Paulina speaks no Guaraní and her teenage students artfully parry her attempts to lift them into political consciousness. These uneasy encounters,Paulina (Dolores Fonzi) leaves a promising legal career in the shadow of her politically-powerful father to work as a school-teacher in a rural village, on the border with Paraguay and Brazil. Paulina speaks no Guaraní and her teenage students artfully parry her attempts to lift them into political consciousness. These uneasy encounters, and subtly observed civics lessons, echo disturbingly in the aftermath of a violent sexual assault by a group of young men. Paulina's decisions in its wake mercilessly test her relationships and core beliefs.… Expand

Director: Santiago Mitre

Genre(s): Drama, Thriller

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 103 min

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David Rooney

May 26, 2015

This is a tough film, easier to admire than fully embrace, but its seriousness of purpose and disdain for banal melodrama make it quite arresting. Read full review

Ken Jaworowski

Jun 22, 2017

Indeed, few satisfying answers arise here. But there’s bravery in asking the questions, and this film knows something about courage. Read full review

Derek Smith

Jun 18, 2017

It's unsettling and disconcerting in its complex examination of the gray area that lies between the morals we conceptually hold and the actions we’re willing to perform to affirm those beliefs in the world. Read full review

Ben Kenigsberg

May 26, 2015

A fierce performance from Dolores Fonzi, as a heroine whose actions baffle those around her, helps to hold this conversation-starter together, but viewers’ own mileage and perceptions will vary — which is clearly by design. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Simon Abrams

Jun 23, 2017

Paulina is, in that sense, worth seeing, even if its basic plot repeatedly stalls. It is a thoughtful movie, but not necessarily a fulfilling one. Read full review

Abbey Bender

Aug 10, 2017

The film is ultimately frustrating for the unending opacity of Paulina’s psychology. Read full review

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