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Private Desert

Submissions for Best International Feature (Academy Awards 2022)

Deserto Particular

2021

Aly Muritiba

Antonio Saboia, Pedro Fasanaro, Luthero Almeida, Thomas Aquino ...

6.7

218

Drama. Romance Daniel is a police who after been suspended for an internal investigation, wandering the country in search of a real encounter with his internet love.

	Media	Author	Review
		Manuel Betancourt Variety	"This Brazilian drama is a welcome and assured intervention into that country’s calcified ideals about desire and masculinity"
		Beatrice Loayza The New York Times	"Muritiba understands that any portrait of masculinity that fixates too intensely on the cruelties and self-denials of machista culture are futile. Instead, he finds grace in stolen moments of tenderness"
		Diego Semerene Slant	"[It] is hampered by the forced dialogue and acting (...) At the same time, it is one of the only films to look at what many may dismiss as a “cross-dresser” and see an actual woman (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"
		Jared Mobarak The Film Stage	"So many scenes unfold with static frames to give actors our undivided attention, letting them evolve emotionally without unnecessary cuts undermining authenticity"
		Phil Hoad The Guardian	"The romantic tussle rests on two astute performances (...) 'Deserto Particular' winds up somewhere surprisingly gentle (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Dan Callahan The Wrap	"The makers of this film are as recklessly naïve and morally questionable as their protagonists"
		Carlos Aguilar Los Angeles Times	"One becomes certain that 'Deserto Particular' is the type of unshowy treasure at risk of being overlooked"
		Tom Long Detroit News	"Muritaba avoids the obvious at every turn. Where Hollywood might turn a story like this into a vulgar piece of exploitation, in 'Deserto Particular' both Daniel and Sara are conflicted, complex people"
		Vittoria Scarpa Cineuropa	"This sentimental drama successfully holds viewers' attention by way of a healthy dose of suspense (...) Intense acting performances (...) A finely balanced film which questions the concept of personal freedom"

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