Vitalina Varela (2019)

Directed by

Pedro Costa

Genre

drama film

Country

Portugal

Runtime

2h 05m

Rated

12

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 70 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman leaves her home to be with her husband in Portugal after decades apart. She finds his body and must confront the life he lived without her.

slow-burnmelancholicvisually starkatmosphericmeditativeintimategrittysubdued

What happens

Vitalina Varela is a 2019 Portuguese drama directed by acclaimed director Pedro Costa. It won the Golden Leopard and Best Actress Award at the 2019 Locarno Film Festival. The film follows Vitalina Varela, a character who previously appeared in Pedro Costa's Horse Money. It was selected as the Portuguese entry for Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards after Portugal's first entry, Listen, was disqualified. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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