Aquarius

Nominee
Palme d’Or
Cannes Film Festival
‘Aquarius’ is a marvelous and surprising act of portraiture, a long, unhurried encounter with a single, complicated person.
-- A.O. Scott, New York Times

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Aquarius

Clara, a 65-year-old widow and retired music critic, was born into a wealthy and traditional family in Recife, Brazil. She is the last resident of the Aquarius, an original two-story building built in the 1940s in the upper-class, seaside Boa Viagem Avenue, Recife. All the neighboring apartments have already been acquired by a company which has other plans for that plot. Clara has pledged to only leave her place upon her death, and will engage in a cold war of sorts with the company. This tension both disturbs Clara and gives her that edge on her daily routine. It also gets her thinking about her loved ones, her past and her future.
Not Rated
Genre
Drama, Women and Film
Runtime
141
Language
Portuguese
Director
Kleber Mendonça Filho
Cast
Sonia Braga, Maeve Jinkings, Irandhir Santos
Awards:
Nominee, Palme d’Or, Cannes Film Festival
FEATURED REVIEW
Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times

The title of “Aquarius” refers to a two-story apartment complex, located in the Brazilian coastal city of Recife, that has clearly seen better days. By the end of Kleber Mendonça Filho’s gorgeous, ruminative new film, this endangered piece of real estate has come to feel like not just a milieu but a ...

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