Petra

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Petra

2018

1h 47m

Drama

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18 Reviews

92%

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After her mother's death, a woman embarks on a search to uncover her father's identity.

Jamie Dunn

Sight & Sound

Blending Greek tragedy with soap opera and told over a fractured chronology, Jaime Rosales' visually and emotionally dynamic Petra follows a young painter who joins the household of a famous artist...

Jan 13, 2020

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Michael Leader

Sight & Sound

Rosales's commitment to experimenting with novel approaches gives Petra an intriguing, engaging quality.

May 13, 2018

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Wendy Ide

Screen International

Ultimately...it's a formal experiment which falters in the second half, rendering several key sequences redundant and robbing the picture of an emphatic ending.

May 10, 2018

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Zhuo-Ning Su

Awards Daily

Wickedly written, smartly acted and expertly photographed, it's a treat for those who can stomach a higher level of perversity when watching their paternity dramas.

Oct 17, 2019

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Hannah Paveck

Another Gaze

At a time when the feminist revenge narrative risks a descent into cliché, Rosales's decision to withhold the film's central affective event... proves all the more effective.

Dec 15, 2018

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Guillem Martinez Oya

Macguffin007

A greek tragedy in modern times. A must. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 4/5

Dec 15, 2018

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nefasto r

I loved the soft direction of the film, but everything else was soft too. The characters and their acting, the mystery, the drama. A flat, Greek soap-opera.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Synopsis

After her mother's death, a woman embarks on a search to uncover her father's identity.

Director: Jaime Rosales
Producer: Antonio Chavarrías, Jérôme Dopffer, Katrin Pors
Screenwriter: Jaime Rosales, Michel Gaztambide, Clara Roquet
Production Co: Balthazar Productions, Institut Català de les Empreses Culturals (ICEC), Wanda Visión S.A., Snowglobe Films, Televisió de Catalunya (TV3), Gobierno de España, Fresdeval Films, Oberón Cinematográfica, Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales (ICAA), Eurimages, Televisión Española (TVE), Movistar Plus+, L'Aide aux Cinémas du Monde, Det Danske Filminstitut
Genre: Drama
Original Language: European Spanish
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 14, 2019
Runtime: 1h 47m

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