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Légua

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At an old manor house in northern Portugal, Ana helps her friend, Emília, the elderly housekeeper who is determined to continue to keep the unoccupied house in order for the owners who are never there. As the seasons turn, Mónica, Ana's daughter, challenges her mother's choices and the three generations of women search to understand where they belong in a world that is rapidly fading, where the cycle of life is renovated only through inevitable endings.

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Wendy Ide Screen International A film that embraces the mundane rhythms of domestic service as a means to interrogate the end of an era, but which is too passive in its storytelling to drive its point home. May 23, 2023 Full Review Nadine Whitney The Curb Légua is a melancholy film, but it is a film about life as it is lived by so many. The ordinary world is also the infinite world and Légua reminds us that we are living in both simultaneously. Sep 18, 2023 Full Review Martin Kudlac ScreenAnarchy A thoughtful contemplation of time's passage. ... Despite its docu-fiction format, Reis and Miller Guerra's latest work evolves into a sensory experience. Jun 12, 2023 Full Review Alexander Miller Film Inquiry The film, in its entirety, looks and feels profound, but there are moments when it wanders a bit too far, leaving us a little unmoored. Jun 5, 2023 Full Review Taylor Baker Drink in the Movies Légua doesn’t realize something new or all that meaningful about cinema, but it does pare down its subject and form to a specificity that borders on the transcendental. Rated: 56/100 Jun 3, 2023 Full Review Jara Yáñez Caimán Cuadernos de Cine Légua transmits the powerful ability to approach the expression of sensitivity throughout the body. [Full review in Spanish] Jun 1, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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Synopsis At an old manor house in northern Portugal, Ana helps her friend, Emília, the elderly housekeeper who is determined to continue to keep the unoccupied house in order for the owners who are never there. As the seasons turn, Mónica, Ana's daughter, challenges her mother's choices and the three generations of women search to understand where they belong in a world that is rapidly fading, where the cycle of life is renovated only through inevitable endings.
Director
João Miller Guerra, Filipa Reis
Producer
Rachel Daisy Ellis, Filipa Reis
Screenwriter
João Miller Guerra, Filipa Reis, Sara Morais, José Filipe Costa, Letícia Simões
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Portuguese
Runtime
1h 59m