Tabu

Name: Tabu
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: December 26, 2012
Duration: 118 min
Rating: 79

2012

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Adopt Films | Release Date: December 26, 2012 | Not Rated

Summary: A restless retired woman teams up with her deceased neighbor's maid to find a man who has a secret connection to her past life as a farm owner at the foothill of Mount Tabu in Africa.

Director: Miguel Gomes

Genre(s): Drama, Romance

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 118 min

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Andrew O'Hehir

Dec 31, 2012

If you have the patience to watch this film develop and unfold, like some bizarre night-blooming orchid, what you'll see is not just the last movie released in 2012, but possibly the most original of them all. Read full review

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John Semley

Dec 14, 2012

The pangs of romance, eroticism, anguish, and longing (both for the stolen moments of private passion and for the sense-making schematics of Empire) transcend any period of cinema Tabu may evoke. Read full review

Eric Hynes

Jan 2, 2013

Tabu manages to be both classical and modern, ironic and heartbreaking. Read full review

Scott Tobias

Dec 27, 2012

Like other great pastiche artists, Gomes has created a time machine to a cinematic era that never quite existed, so it feels simultaneously borrowed and new. Read full review

The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

Dec 14, 2012

It's a gem: gentle, eccentric, possessed of a distinctive sort of innocence – and also charming and funny. Read full review

Carmen Gray

Dec 14, 2012

This blend of tongue-in-cheek exoticism and desire so strong it makes crocodiles melancholic amply rewards your patience. Read full review

A.O. Scott

Dec 26, 2012

It is, of course, art rather than history - an elegant composition of dreams, memories and suggestive images - but its artfulness seems like an alibi, an excuse for keeping the ugliness of history out of the picture. Read full review

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