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María Solinha

2020 · 123 min

A somber, reflective drama that moves between past persecution and present-day rehearsal, asking you to sit with injustice rather than escape it.

Directed by
Ignacio Vilar
Genres
Drama
Starring
Grial Montes, Laura Míguez, Santi Prego
Overview
A famous director arrives in Cangas do Morrazo, in Galicia, to reconstruct in the theater the story of María Solinha, accused of witchcraft and burned by the Inquisition in the 17th century. The protagonist of the play suffers, in the 21st century, sour echoes of the aggression suffered by María Solinha in the 17th century.

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Directed by
Ignacio Vilar
Genres
Drama
Starring
Grial Montes, Laura Míguez, Santi Prego
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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • justice
  • power
  • gender
  • memory
  • trauma
Places
  • small town
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror3
Humour1
Realism7
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Ignacio Vilar
Written by
Ermel Morales, Esther Fernández Carrodeguas, Ignacio Vilar
Starring
Grial Montes, Laura Míguez, Santi Prego, Mabel Rivera, Antonio Durán 'Morris', Machi Salgado, Sonia Rúa
Music
Abraham Cupeiro
Cinematography
Lucía C. Pan
Runtime
123 min
Languages
Galician

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