Vitalina Varela

Grasshopper Film | Release Date: February 21, 2020

6.2	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 10 Ratings

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Brent_MarchantApr 27, 2020

Exquisite atmospheric cinematography and lighting aside, this otherwise excessively tedious exercise in pregnant pauses, long lingering shots of insignificance, pretentious monologues and voluminous footage of mundane activities that addsExquisite atmospheric cinematography and lighting aside, this otherwise excessively tedious exercise in pregnant pauses, long lingering shots of insignificance, pretentious monologues and voluminous footage of mundane activities that adds nothing to the narrative makes one glad for the fast forward button. Fewer films have I seen that make the viewer long for the ending -- and, when it finally comes, it's largely unsatisfying, likely to evoke a huge "So what?" I fail to understand the critics' raves about this one, but, with such a dearth of new material out there at the moment, I imagine that almost anything will do to satisfy the appetites of the hungry.… Expand

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bertobellamyDec 7, 2021

"Here in Portugal, there is nothing for you. Go back home."

Immigrants as shadows or ghosts. Alleys that look like war trenches and houses that feel like bunkers. Pedro Costa represents poverty and misery as an open prison, one in which the"Here in Portugal, there is nothing for you. Go back home."

Immigrants as shadows or ghosts. Alleys that look like war trenches and houses that feel like bunkers. Pedro Costa represents poverty and misery as an open prison, one in which the prisoners' only purpose is to die.

In the film, a Cape Verdean woman travels to Portugal to meet his husband after 40 years. As she arrives, she learns of his passing, but also of his secret criminal life.

'Vitalina Varela' is striking in every sense. Never has a film shot in such low light revealed so much. Pedro Costa's latest is a harsh experience that stages a very grim scenario to effectively portray the desolation of those who, in search of a better life, find exactly the opposite.… Expand

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QLA92Dec 26, 2020

Vitalina Varela boasts gorgeous visuals, which is the only saving grace of this tedious, meandering "entertainment"

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