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A Hespanhola

2022

A time-bending satire that mixes absurd comedy with sharp social critique, feeling both playful and pointed as it contrasts past and present.

Directed by
Francis Madson
Genres
Drama
Starring
Matheus Sabbá, Julia Kahane, Denis Carvalho
Overview
A couple of rubber workers from Manaus are transported from 1919, the end of the Spanish Flu in Brazil, to 2020, the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. Between quinine, British tea, street music and internet modem, the couple's adventures, under the intoxicating opium of pornochanchada, show how the country's conservative structures have been maintained since other carnivals.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Francis Madson
Genres
Drama
Starring
Matheus Sabbá, Julia Kahane, Denis Carvalho
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 3 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • class
  • power
  • survival
  • identity
  • politics
Places
  • big city
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour6
Realism4
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity7
Emotional weight6

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Francis Madson
Written by
Francis Madson, Cenog
Starring
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Cinematography
César Nogueira
Languages
Portuguese

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