Vitalina Varela

6.8

/10

2h 4mDrama

PORTUGAL'S OFFICIAL SUBMISSION FOR THE 93rd ACADEMY AWARDS. 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 VARELAis a film of shadow and whisper, a profoundly moving and visually ravishing masterpiece.

Spoken language: pt

Starring Vitalina Varela, Ventura, Lina Varela, Manuel Tavares Almeida, Francisco dos Santos Brito, Imídio Monteiro, Marina Alves Domingues, João Baptista Fortes, Nilsa Fortes, Lisa Lopi

Watch "Vitalina Varela" from streaming services Fandor, Kanopy, Apple TV+ (itunes) released in 2019. It's a drama movie, and has a rating of 6.8 out of 10 from Imdb which is usually fine for this kind of movie.