The Passion According to G.H. (2023)

Original title

A Paixão Segundo G.H.

Directed by

Luiz Fernando Carvalho

Genre

drama film

Country

Brazil

Runtime

2h 04m

Rated

12

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman experiences a personal crisis after an unexpected encounter in her apartment. The film follows her stream of consciousness as she grapples with existence and identity.

intimatecontemplativeslow-burnphilosophicalpsychologicalcerebralvisually lushimmersive

What happens

The Passion According to G.H. (Portuguese: A Paixão Segundo G.H.) is a 2023 Brazilian drama film directed by Luiz Fernando Carvalho, based on the novel of the same name by Clarice Lispector. The film was expected to be released by the end of 2020, in celebration for Lispector's 100th anniversary, before being delayed. The film premiered at the 2023 São Paulo International Film Festival, with tickets sold out in just 8 minutes. It was also part of the official selection for the 2023 Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival. The film was released in Brazilian theatres on April 11, 2024. In Portugal, it was distributed by Nitrato Filmes at February of the same year. The film was selected for important international film festivals, such as International Film Festival Rotterdam (2023), Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema (2024), where it won the Grand Prize and the Best Acting Award for Maria Fernanda Cândido, and FILMADRID (2024), where it won two awards: a special mention from the Jury of Young Filmmakers and Best Performance for the actress Maria Fernanda Cândido. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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