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Cocote

2017

Nelson Carlo de los Santos Arias

Vicente Santos, Yudith Rodríguez, Yuberbi de la Rosa, Isabel Spencer ...

5.9

175

Drama Alberto, an evangelical gardener, returns to his hometown to attend the funeral of his father, who was killed by an influential man. To mourn the deceased, he is forced to participate to religion celebrations that are contrary to his will and beliefs.

	Author	Review
United States	Owen Gleiberman Variety	"[It] creeps up to the subject of revenge without exploiting it. That’s a refreshing thing to see, though it does make you wish 'Cocote' were a better movie (...) [It] is slipshod arty"	NEU
United States	Matt Prigge Village Voice	"'Cocote' isn’t purely academic. It’s alternately clinical and sensual."	POS
United States	Glenn Kenny The New York Times	"It’s a superb bit of 'less is more' filmmaking. If only this director had stuck to that ethos more often."	NEU
United States	Bradley Warren The Playlist	"De Los Santos Arias expertly navigates stylistic genre modes (...) 'Cocote' illustrates that there are creative ways to present violence on-screen"	POS
United States	Frank Scheck The Hollywood Reporter	"Style defiantly trumps content (...) While the pic features many intriguing elements and often proves visually stunning, it ultimately is a trial to endure."	NEU
United States	Keith Watson Slant	"A dazzling collage of styles and approaches in which every scene—practically every shot—feels different from the one that came before (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"An accomplished, intense, disquieting film (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Edward Porter The Times	"[It] has inherent vitality in its story (...) The overall effect is to create an invigorating movie (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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