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The Quietude

La Quietud

2018

Pablo Trapero

Bérénice Bejo, Martina Gusman, Edgar Ramirez, Graciela Borges ...

5.9

768

Drama After long years of absence, and following her father’s stroke, Eugenia returns to La Quietud, the family estate near Buenos Aires where she is reunited with her mother and sister. The three women are forced to confront the emotional traumas and dark secrets of their shared past, which played out against the backdrop of the military dictatorship. Long-buried grievances resurface and jealousies are revealed, all amplified by the ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Deborah Young The Hollywood Reporter	"Trapero’s ambitious attempt to strike a unique tone somewhere between serious drama and humorous daytime TV falls awkwardly flat (...) Gusman and Bejo outdo themselves"	NEU
United States	Jay Weissberg Variety	"[A] beautifully crafted multilayered drama that’s also his most enjoyable film in years (...) The emotions here are real"	POS
United States	Michael Nordine IndieWire	"[It] sinks under the weight of its own silliness (...) A tonal mishmash that you’re never quite sure how you’re meant to feel about all of it"	NEG
United Kingdom	Demetrios Matheou Screendaily	"[Gusman and Bejo] create a nicely nuanced delineation in the sisters' emotional registers (...) [It] winds up feeling a bit silly."	NEU

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