2016 · drama
Aquarius (2016)
Directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho2h 27m2016
Clara, a vibrant former music critic and widow with flowing tresses is the only remaining apartment owner in a beautiful older building targeted for demolition by ruthless luxury high-rise developers. Clara proves to be a force to be reckoned with as she thwarts the builders plans to kick her out of the apartment.
Our read: Aquarius (2016) (2016) reads as a sombre, slow-burn, grounded drama entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, slow-burn, measured drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- slow-burn
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