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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.

2020 · 2h 4m
Director Pedro Costa

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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.

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Studio
Grasshopper Film
Released
2020
Run Time
2 hr 4 min
Rated
Unrated This film is not rated.
Region of Origin
Portugal
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Languages

Original Audio
Portuguese, Portuguese (Portugal)
Audio

Portuguese (Portugal) (⁨Dolby 5.1⁩, AAC)

Subtitles

English (United States) (Always On)