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Aquarius

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Clara, a 65-year-old widow and retired music critic, vows to live in her apartment until she dies after a developer buys all of the units around her.
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Critics Consensus

Led by a powerful performance from Sônia Braga, Aquarius uses a conflict between a tenant and developers to take an insightful look at the relationship between space and identity.

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Namrata Joshi The Hindu 07/24/2018
Sonia Braga is awe-inspiring. Go to Full Review
Tara Brady Irish Times 04/26/2017
5/5
This clever, nuanced drama doubles as a political allegory concerning Brazilian corruption. But it would matter, regardless. A dawning, as the similarly-titled song has it. Go to Full Review
Ryan Gilbey New Statesman 03/29/2017
Aquarius is a leisurely character study that is also urgently political in its treatment of race, class and commerce. Go to Full Review
Aaron Boalick Vague Visages 11/30/2023
Aquarius shines most brightly in its presentation of instances of strong-willed, resilient and vivacious feminine solidarity. Go to Full Review
Vadim Rizov Filmmaker Magazine 01/17/2023
Aquarius is a sprawl, even more so than the leisurely Neighboring Sounds, but the good kind, putting in the time to plausibly render the textures of different areas of a macrocosmic city. Go to Full Review
Aaron Pinkston Battleship Pretension 01/04/2021
Filho films their intrusions in the manner of a thriller, situating us in a limited point-of-view that heightens intrusions to the frame or sound design without fully explicating them. Go to Full Review
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Alexsander F Jul 20 The subtle Lacanian editing technique employed by Kleber Mendonça in his films is fantastic. See more Roberto T Mar 26 This is sad to say, but this might be my favorite Brasilian movie (I dont know that I am moved by City of God, for example). The ending is just a formulaic resolution typical of turn of the century (and earlier) western European cinema. But the scenes, the family story, the tension you cannot avoid as you wonder what is going wrong in the background, are rewarding. See more Renaldo D 10/23/2023 Good setting and script. But it's slow. See more Carlos H @carloshenriquec 10/15/2023 Aquarius é um daqueles filmes que nos faz ter orgulho do cinema nacional. É impressionante, a habilidade do roteirista de escolher um tema central e, a partir dele, desenrolar as tramas de todos os personagens. Em Aquarius, a mensagem principal é: há coisas que o dinheiro não pode comprar, sendo inferior às nossas memórias afetivas e ao carinho que possuímos por uma pessoa ou, no caso do filme, por um lugar que marcou as nossas vidas. Sonia Braga é brilhante. Ela tem um talento e beleza que provocam um magnetismo, que torna impossível desgrudar os olhos da tela. Um dos melhores filmes nacionais, sem dúvidas. See more 06/18/2021 Kleber Mendonça delivers a rich tale about the many nuances of the brasilian society. Even if the movie could be somewhat better paced, it's value is undeniable - as is Sonia Braga's excellent performance. See more 03/27/2021 Aquarius é um filme que nem se quer, presta atenção como ele representa certas realidades brasileiras. Aquarius exige luta e muita dedicação quanto na ficção e na realidade também. Sonia Braga tem uma personagem muito forte e destemida em Aquarius. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Clara, a 65-year-old widow and retired music critic, vows to live in her apartment until she dies after a developer buys all of the units around her.
Director
Kleber Mendonça Filho
Producer
Emilie Lesclaux, Saïd Ben Saïd, Michel Merkt
Screenwriter
Kleber Mendonça Filho
Distributor
Vitagraph Films
Production Co
SBS Productions, CinemaScópio Produções
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Brazilian Portuguese
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 14, 2016, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 20, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$285.9K
Runtime
2h 25m
Sound Mix
Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio
Digital 2.39:1
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