The Pink Cloud

Name: The Pink Cloud
Genre: Drama
Released: January 14, 2022
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 69
Cast: Eduardo Mendonça, Girley Paes, Helena Becker, Kaya Rodrigues, Lívia Perrone Pires

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Blue Fox Entertainment | Release Date: January 14, 2022 | R

Starring: Eduardo Mendonça, Girley Paes, Helena Becker, Kaya Rodrigues, Lívia Perrone Pires, Renata de Lélis

Summary: After a toxic and mysterious pink cloud appeared, Giovana finds herself stuck in a flat with a man she just met, changing her life in a way she never expected.

Director: Iuli Gerbase

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: R

Runtime: 105 min

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Jonathan Romney

Jan 10, 2022

Gerbase’s insightful, quietly unsettling picture may, right now, be too close to the bone to attract viewers desperate for hard times distraction; but it deserves exposure, and should attract niche sales both on the strength of newsworthiness and on its considerable cinematic achievement. Read full review

The Film Stage Brianna Zigler

Jan 10, 2022

The Pink Cloud suffocatingly explores what it means to live in a world that no longer exists beyond what we artificially create for ourselves, the consequences of extended loneliness, and the capabilities of human adaptation. Read full review

Robert Abele

Jan 20, 2022

If you’re game for an emerging filmmaking talent’s stingingly uncanny foretelling, The Pink Cloud is an arresting examination of what it can look like when existence is misshaped into a compromised destiny. Read full review

Dan Callahan

Jan 11, 2022

Gerbase shows talent here, but viewing The Pink Cloud requires nerves of steel that might not be available to even the strongest among us at this particular point in time. Read full review

IndieWire Kate Erbland

Jan 10, 2022

Though Gerbase has conceived of a fascinating, timely inciting incident for her film, much of “The Pink Cloud” eventually melts into all the beats of a standard relationship drama. (And, yes, we mean all the beats.) Read full review

Matthew Anderson

Jan 10, 2022

Rooted in the mundane, but told with an imaginative vision, flair and real composure, The Pink Cloud announces Iuli Gerbase as a new creative talent and filmmaker to watch out for. Read full review

Steven Scaife

Jan 10, 2022

After a while, writer-director Iuli Gerbase’s boldly mundane take on forced isolation gives way to a regular sort of mundanity. Read full review

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Brent_Marchant

Apr 6, 2022

Written in 2017 and filmed in 2019, filmmaker Iuli Gerbase's debut feature embodies a remarkable prescience about the events that came to dominate global culture over the next two years. This story about the unexpected appearance of pink clouds that contain toxic gases and kill quickly afterWritten in 2017 and filmed in 2019, filmmaker Iuli Gerbase's debut feature embodies a remarkable prescience about the events that came to dominate global culture over the next two years. This story about the unexpected appearance of pink clouds that contain toxic gases and kill quickly after exposure follows the experiences of a young couple who just met but are hurriedly forced indoors into joint isolation to stay alive. Their years-long time together leads to an on-again/off-again relationship while they each attempt to deal with issues related to survival, depression, a lack of interpersonal connection and all of the other matters that have ironically become all too familiar to many of us in recent years. But, beyond the uncanny parallels to real life, this Brazilian offering also explores a host of other philosophical and moral issues, such as acceptance of our circumstances, knowing when to let go and developing appreciation for what we have, even in the absence of what we've lost. Admittedly, the film suffers from occasional pacing issues (especially in the second half), as well as repetitiveness in some aspects of the screenplay/narrative. Nevertheless, this release has much to say, not only about what we've experienced, but also in terms of what we should consider taking away from it.… Expand

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