Vitalina Varela

Grasshopper Film | Release Date: February 21, 2020

6.2	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 10 Ratings

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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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