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Madalena

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Madalena

2021

1h 25m

Drama

LGBTQ+

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83%

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6 Reviews

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Fewer than 50 Ratings

Luziane, Cristiano, and Bianca have almost nothing in common, beside the fact that they all live in the same rural city surrounded by soy fields in western Brazil. While they don't know one another, each of them is affected by Madalena's disappearance. In different parts of the town, each in their own way, they react to her absence.

Wendy Ide

Screen International

[An] assured debut from Madiano Marcheti...

Feb 5, 2021

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Vadim Rizov

Filmmaker Magazine

Different song cue or no, Marcheti’s restaging isn’t in conversation with, or in any way enriching, either its source or itself...

Nov 28, 2022

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Dennis Harvey

48 Hills

While Madalena’s best feature is its excellent cinematography, the whole package presents a perspective fresh (if not entirely satisfying) on a culture both familiar and strange in its variably dramatic contrasts.

Mar 25, 2022

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Gary M. Kramer

Philadelphia Gay News

The performances are so natural that watching "Madalena" feels like eavesdropping on the characters' lives. But it is the film's wistful tone that makes this drama resonate.

May 13, 2021

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Glenn Heath Jr.

The Film Stage

Formally accomplished and thematically scathing, Madalena confronts the dehumanization caused by cowardice and indifference, allowing its central character to transcend the graveyard of statistics.

Rated: A-

Apr 30, 2021

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John Bleasdale

CineVue

It takes a lot of confidence to approach a subject as obliquely as Madiano Marchetti approaches violence to the trans community in Madalena. And yet the obliqueness is the point.

Rated: 3/5

Feb 16, 2021

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Synopsis

Luziane, Cristiano, and Bianca have almost nothing in common, beside the fact that they all live in the same rural city surrounded by soy fields in western Brazil. While they don't know one another, each of them is affected by Madalena's disappearance. In different parts of the town, each in their own way, they react to her absence.

Director: Madiano Marcheti
Producer: Clélia Bessa, Marcos Pieri, Joel Pizzini
Screenwriter: Tiago Coelho, Helena Vieira, Thiago Gallego, Thiago Ortman, Tiago Coelho, Helena Vieira, Thiago Gallego, Thiago Ortman, Madiano Marcheti
Production Co: Polo Filme, Raccord Produções, Vitrine Filmes
Genre: Drama, LGBTQ+
Original Language: Brazilian Portuguese
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 3, 2022
Runtime: 1h 25m