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Holy Beasts (La fiera y la fiesta)

Submissions for Best International Feature (Academy Awards 2022)

La fiera y la fiesta (Holy Beasts)

2019

Israel Cárdenas, Laura Amelia Guzmán

Geraldine Chaplin, Udo Kier, Jaime Piña, Jackie Ludueña ...

5.4

46

Drama Fading actress Vera gathers with the remnants of her 70’s social circle to shoot her last film: an unfinished script left behind by cherished friend Jean-Louis Jorge. The Caribbean production is lavish, the musical numbers grand. But odd forces threaten the shoot. Vera turns to her ghosts for answers.

	Author	Review
United States	Teo Bugbee The New York Times	"It is a credit to both the intelligence of the filmmakers and to Chaplin’s commanding performance that the movie effectively encourages its audience to consider the same questions that haunt Vera"	POS
United States	Deborah Young The Hollywood Reporter	"[A] bizarre, irritating, yet visually enchanting feature (...) It’s a kinky, messy film that overreaches itself badly, but if nothing else, the casting is perfect."	NEU
United States	Mark Keizer Variety	"This languid yet engrossing homage is alive with tasty characters and tantalizing, if underdeveloped, ideas and its polished production values bode well for future crossover arthouse success for the Dominican film industry"	POS

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