The Tsugua Diaries

Name: The Tsugua Diaries
Genre: Drama
Released: May 27, 2022
Duration: 102 min
Rating: 87
Cast: Carloto Cotta, Crista Alfaiate, João Nunes Monteiro

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Kimstim Films | Release Date: May 27, 2022 | Not Rated

Starring: Carloto Cotta, Crista Alfaiate, João Nunes Monteiro

Summary: Three close friends, Crista Carloto and João – along an entire film crew – become the protagonists of a cinematic experiment shot during the lockdown. The film unfolds from end to beginning and continues a career-long fascination for director Miguel Gomes (Tabu, Arabian Nights) with the act of filmmaking.

Director: Maureen Fazendeiro and Miguel Gomes

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 102 min

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Justin Chang

Jun 6, 2022

This is a lyrical ode to the glories of summer and the collaborative joys of filmmaking, suffused with the hope that we will never be deprived of either for long. Read full review

Beandrea July

May 26, 2022

A work that possesses both the whimsy and fearlessness of a student project and the technical vibrancy of a veteran’s opus. Read full review

Richard Brody

May 27, 2022

The directors, Maureen Fazendeiro and Miguel Gomes, rely on some tricky devices to tell the story of this film shoot—but those tricks, far from undercutting the emotional drama, intensify it. The result is the most accomplished and absorbing film about time spent in lockdown that I’ve seen. Read full review

The Playlist Mark Asch

Oct 12, 2021

The Tsugua Diaries has something of a chiasmus structure, with each half of the movie, each layer of reality, and each direction of time doubling back on and rhyming with itself. Read full review

Guy Lodge

Oct 19, 2021

Whether wholly performed or partially authentic, The Tsugua Diaries wittily evokes the volatile mood swings of lockdown — how concentrated time with the same people can yield either irritation or intensified closeness from day to day, particularly in a sticky-hot summer haze. Read full review

Pat Brown

May 25, 2022

The Tsugua Diaries is something like Memento for an age of isolation and listlessness. Read full review

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