Sinopsis
A film of deeply concentrated beauty, acclaimed filmmaker Pedro Costa’s Vitalina Varela stars nonprofessional actor Vitalina Varela in an extraordinary performance based on her own life. Vitalina plays a Cape Verdean woman who has travelled to Lisbon to reunite with her husband, after two decades of separation, only to arrive mere days after his funeral. Alone in a strange forbidding land, she perseveres and begins to establish a new life. Winner of the Golden Leopard for Best Film and Best Actress at the Locarno Film Festival, as well as an official selection of the Sundance Film Festival, Vitalina Varela is a film of shadow and whisper, a profoundly moving and visually ravishing masterpiece.
Director / Pedro Costa
Screenplay / Pedro Costa, Vitalina Varela
Prodcer: Abel Ribeiro Chaves
Cinematography / Leonardo Simões
Edting / João Dias, Vítor Carvalho
Producing Company / Optec, Sociedade Óptica Técnica
Sound / Hugo Leitão, João Gazua
Cast / Vitalina Varela, Ventura, Manuel Tavares Almeida, Francisco Brito, Imídio Monteiro, Marina Alves Domingues
Portugal. 2019
Ficción, 124 min.
Pedro Costa
Lisbon, 1959. He. Director. He studied at the Theather School in Lisbon. Among his mover are included O Sangre (1989), Casa de Lava (1994), Osso (1997), and Juventude em Marcha (2006), which awarded him the culture of France award at Cannes (2009). Vitalina Varela is his latest movie.
Filmografia
- 2019 — Vitalina Varela
- 2014 — Cavalo Dinheiro
- 2012 — Centro Histórico (segmento "Sweet Exorcism")
- 2010 — O nosso Homem (Cortometraje)
- 2009 — Change Nothing
- 2007 — I Memories (segmento "The Rabbit Hunters")
- 2007 — State of the World (segmento "Tarrafal")
- 2006 — Colossal Youth
- 2005 — Ne change rien (Cortometraje)
- 2003 — The End of a Love Affair (Cortometraje)
- 2001 — 6 Bagatelas
- 2001 — Where Does Your Hidden Smile Lie?
- 2001 — Cinéma, de notre temps (Serie TV) (1 episodio) Danièle Huillet/Jean-Marie Straub: Où gît votre sourire enfoui? (2001)
- 2000 — In Vanda's Room
- 1997 — Ossos
- 1994 — Down to Earth
- 1989 — Blood
- 1984 — É Tudo Invenção Nossa (Short)
Festivales y Premios
- 2019 Festival Internacional de Cine de Locarno
Leopardo de Oro a Mejor Película
Leopardo de Plata a Mejor Actriz;
- 2019 Festival Internacional de Cine de Mar del Plata
Mejor Director
Mejor Actor
Mejor Fotografìa;
- 2019 Festival Internacional de Cine de Chicago
Premio Silver Hugo;
- 2019 IFFR.
- 2019 Festival Internacional de Cine de Róterdam;
- 2019 Festival Internacional de Cine de Salónica; TIFF.
- 2019 Festival Internacional de Cine de Toronto;
- 2019 Festival de Cine de Nueva York;
- 2019 BFI.
- 2019 Festival de Cine de Londres;
- 2019 Sundance Film Festival;
- 2019 FICX.
- 2019 Festival Internacional de Cine de Gijón
Mejor Película
Mejor Fotografía;
- 2019 Festival Caminos de Cine Portugués
Mejor Actriz
Mejor Fotografía;
- 2019 Festival Internacional de Cine de La Roche-sur-Yon;
- 2019 Festival Internacional de Cine de Vancouver;
- 2019 Festival Internacional de Cine de Ljubljana