The Macaluso Sisters

Name: The Macaluso Sisters
Genre: Drama
Released: August 6, 2021
Duration: 89 min
Rating: 81
Cast: Alissa Maria Orlando, Anita Pomario, Donatella Finocchiaro, Eleonora De Luca, Laura Giordani

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Teodora Film | Release Date: August 6, 2021 | Not Rated

Starring: Alissa Maria Orlando, Anita Pomario, Donatella Finocchiaro, Eleonora De Luca, Laura Giordani, Maria Rosaria Alati, Serena Barone, Simona Malato, Susanna Piraino, Viola Pusateri

Summary: Maria, Pinuccia, Lia, Katia and Antonella are five sisters who live in an apartment in Palermo. When Antonella accidentally dies, the sisters' relationships are turned upside down for the rest of their lives.

Director: Emma Dante

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 89 min

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Beatrice Loayza

Aug 5, 2021

[Emma Dante] imagines the ripple effects of a sister’s death across generations with metaphysical grace and hints of fantasy, straying from the plot-reliant mold of most human dramas toward something more haunting and powerful. Read full review

Josh Kupecki

Aug 26, 2021

Is there such a thing as too much pathos? Trick question, because there is not. So, should you find yourself a bit emotionally imbalanced these days, and the aggressively optimistic charms of Ted Lasso have proven to be a placebo, come see how the other half lives and seek out The Macaluso Sisters, a beautiful bummer that is the perfect elixir of Aristotelian purgation, and a restorative for your soul. Read full review

The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

Aug 26, 2021

The movie has a streak of sentimentality amid its melancholy and a certain formal theatricality: director Emma Dante has adapted the movie from her own stage play, but has opened it out very plausibly and cinematically. Read full review

Jessica Kiang

Aug 26, 2021

To imagine the decades-long catch-and-release sweep of a single lifespan and condense it into one sub-90-minute film is a feat; to do so about multiple interconnected lives without losing definition is even more impressive. Read full review

Deborah Young

Aug 26, 2021

Both touching and universally understandable, the theme is how an untimely death destroys the fragile fabric that binds a family together. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Monica Castillo

Aug 6, 2021

There’s a strange peace and acceptance in the film, painful as it is, that life did not work out in favor of the youthful hopes and dreams of its characters. Perhaps it’s because so many of us have had to mourn some sort of loss and move on with our lives like the family. Read full review

Alex Saveliev

Aug 5, 2021

Clearly a deeply personal project for the director, it radiates utmost sincerity, rendering the more baroque parts palatable, if not as affecting as they were clearly intended to be. Within 90 despondent minutes, Dante encapsulates a plethora of themes and ideas, and that by itself merits plaudits. Read full review

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thedaarkbatty

Aug 10, 2021

I didn't really like the plot. It felt like it was trying to do way too many things at once. Overall the acting was good but the plot needed a rewrite or more editing.

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