Pendular

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Pendular

Released Nov 30, 2018

1h 48m

Drama

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6 Reviews

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A male sculptor and a female dancer find their relationship complicated by their rivalry and the desire to build a future together.

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Ben Sachs

Chicago Reader

Murat's inventive visual compositions keep this watchable, as do the explicit sex scenes, which build upon the characterization in addition to generating erotic fascination.

Apr 17, 2020

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John DeFore

The Hollywood Reporter

Where Damien Chazelle observed lovers filled with a desire to make it in entertainment, [Julia] Murat's picture revolves around the need to make art, with career an afterthought.

Jan 10, 2018

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Chuck Bowen

Slant Magazine

Jlia Murat's Pendular abounds in exquisite displays of negative space, reminding one that there's few artistic elements as inherently appealing, visually, as a symmetrical image.

Rated: 3/4

Jan 10, 2018

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Luke Gorham

In Review Online

[Pendular is undermined by its fundamental inequity.

Aug 13, 2020

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Elissa Suh

MUBI

Visual motifs and avant-garde fixtures pretend to obscure a digestible storyline concerning two artists in relation to their craft, success, and each other.

Feb 27, 2020

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Diego Batlle

Otroscines.com

A somewhat tortuous, erratic and capricious film. [Full Review in Spanish]

Rated: 2.5/5

Jan 31, 2018

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Marissa P

This movie can be described as this:1 hour and 40 minute movie of a couple that is questionable if they should be even be together but nothing happens the end. The sex scenes are random, short, and very tame so describing it as an erotica is misleading.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/25/24

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Pendular is a film which showcases what's it like to be an artist and is a piece of art itself, at the same time.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Synopsis

A male sculptor and a female dancer find their relationship complicated by their rivalry and the desire to build a future together.

Director: Júlia Murat
Producer: Tatiana Leite, Júlia Murat
Screenwriter: Júlia Murat, Matias Mariani
Distributor: Big World Pictures
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Brazilian Portuguese
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 30, 2018, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 18, 2019
Runtime: 1h 48m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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