Violeta Went to Heaven

Name: Violeta Went to Heaven
Genre: Biography
Released: March 29, 2013
Duration: 110 min
Rating: 63

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Kino Lorber | Release Date: March 29, 2013 | Not Rated

Summary: A biopic of iconic Chilean artist and folksinger Violeta Parra filled with her music, her memories, and her devotion to her art.

Director: Andrés Wood

Genre(s): Biography

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 110 min

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Sam Adams

Mar 27, 2013

Gavilán’s performance bears out Parra’s advice to “hate mathematics and embrace chaos,” and falls between private and public, assurance and self-doubt. Read full review

Sheri Linden

Apr 18, 2013

Francisca Gavilán's lead performance burns with a dark radiance that's anything but self-congratulatory. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

Mar 28, 2013

Mr. Wood has created a poignant portrait of an artist unable to escape the stamp of her class or the burdens of aging. Read full review

Farran Smith Nehme

Mar 28, 2013

The biographical bits soon feel like a distraction from the music, performed by Gavilán. It’s heard often, but not often enough. Judging by the movie, Parra’s songs are fiery and haunting, sometimes sensuous, sometimes bleak. When Parra sings, the movie becomes worthwhile. Read full review

Michael Atkinson

Mar 26, 2013

A rare Chilean film that doesn’t mention either the Allende or Pinochet regimes, Violeta Went to Heaven is a love letter to a lost 20th-century goddess. It’s hard to resist her. Read full review

Mar 29, 2013

Suffers from an overtly conventional way of depicting the life events of an anything-but-conventional woman, a lazy flaw further highlighted by its brief moments of visual experimentation. Read full review

Simon Abrams

Mar 26, 2013

By inexpertly filtering her art through her travails, Wood and Altunaga reimagine Parra's suicide as an explicable conclusion to her turbulent life. Read full review

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