“It’s a documentary that’s really a meditation — history made poetic. It’s an immersive and highly personal film (…) The footage we see is fascinating.”
– Owen Gleiberman: Variety 

“A poetic and melancholy meditation on the passing of time and the revolutions that could have been, but never were (…) its starting point amply transcends in orted to establish an intimate dialogue between the personal and the public.”
– Luciano Monteagudo: Diario Página 12

“A fascinating cinematographical essay (…) Salles deconstructs, with empathy, the act of filming.”
– Bill Stamets: Chicago Sun-Times