1995 · comedy · historical · satire
Carlota Joaquina
Directed by Carla Camurati1h 40m1995
The Spanish Infanta Carlota Joaquina is promised to D. João VI at the age of 10. Forced to leave for Portugal, Carlota suffers a great disappointment when she meets her promised prince. With the death of D. José, Carlota Joaquina and D. João VI inherit the Portuguese crown. However, frightened by the French Revolution and the approach of Napoleon's army, they decide to flee to their colony: Brazil.
Our read: Carlota Joaquina (1995) reads as a warm, kinetic, inventive comedy · historical · satire entry — gentle in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Warm, kinetic, gentle comedy / historical, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- warm
- brisk
- funny
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