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Madre

2019

Rodrigo Sorogoyen

Marta Nieto, Jules Porier, Àlex Brendemühl, Anne Consigny ...

6.1

4,899

Drama. Mystery Ten years have gone by since Elena’s six-year old son has disappeared. The last thing she heard of him was a phone call he gave her, saying that he was lost on a beach in France and couldn’t find his father. Nowadays, Elena lives on this same beach and manages a restaurant. She is finally beginning to emerge from this tragic episode when she meets a French teenager who strongly reminds her of her lost son. The two of them will embark on ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Boyd van Hoeij The Hollywood Reporter	"Impressive (...) it is undeniable that Sorogoyen is a master filmmaker"	POS
United States	Ryan Lattanzio IndieWire	"There are plenty of volcanoes of emotion to be experienced throughout the film’s spacious two-hour-plus running time, and within its fabulous vistas courtesy of cinematographer Alejandro de Pablo"	POS
United States	Guy Lodge Variety	"An equivocal, splintered film by design, so full of interesting, broken-off ideas and emotions that it’s hard to foresee a satisfactory ending (...) Sorogoyen flails in the final stretch"	NEU
United Kingdom	Amber Wilkinson Screendaily	"[Sorogoyen] demonstrates a masterful control of the emotional rhythms that ebb and flow throughout the film (...) Mystery is everywhere in 'Madre'"	POS
United States	Glenn Kenny The New York Times	"A compelling and unsettling character study"	POS
	Kaleem Aftab Cineuropa	"It succeeds because it has a strong central character, a sensational aesthetic and frames that move like ballet."	POS
United States	Kevin Crust Los Angeles Times	"A hopeful meditation on grief and memory. Wreathed in natural beauty (...) the film’s sadness and empathy are a soothing balm in these troubled times."	POS

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