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Vitalina Varela

2019 · 124 min

A hushed, shadow-drenched vigil of grief, drifting through dim rooms and faces with almost unbearable patience.

Directed by
Pedro Costa
Genres
Drama
Overview
A Cape Verdean woman navigates her way through Lisbon, following the scanty physical traces her deceased husband left behind and discovering his secret, illicit life.
How it feels
Melancholic, bleak and eerie. Slow-burning and demanding.
About
Grief, isolation, memory, identity
Content
Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
Note
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Directed by
Pedro Costa
Genres
Drama
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
Places
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror2
Humour1
Realism8
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness7
Complexity8
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Pedro Costa
Written by
Pedro Costa, Vitalina Varela
Starring
Vitalina Varela, Ventura, Lina Varela, Manuel Tavares Almeida, Francisco dos Santos Brito, Imídio Monteiro, Marina Alves Domingues, João Baptista Fortes
Cinematography
Leonardo Simões
Runtime
124 min
Country
Portugal
Languages
Portuguese

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