Simple Women

2019

1h 20m

Drama

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100%

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5 Reviews

An Italian director dreams of making a film about the life of a Romanian actress. She discovers that her subject bears little resemblance to the star she once idolized.

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Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

AWFJ.org

Simple Women is ultimately a moving and intelligent exploration not of the phenomenon of stardom itself, but of the complex mechanics that underpin our own capacity to invest such deep emotional feeling into the act of being a fan.

Sep 30, 2019

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Robert Daniels

RogerEbert.com

The breathtaking risk [Malta] takes makes her feature debut an incredible opening statement.

Sep 23, 2019

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Amy Nicholson

Variety

A dizzying story about ambition and artistic competition

Rated: B

Sep 16, 2019

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Monique Vigneault

Film Inquiry

Simple Women makes for an interesting examination of false effigies and washed-up idols and one thing's for sure, the two women in focus are most certainly anything but simple. And that makes for good cinema.

Sep 23, 2019

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Jonathan Christian

The Playlist

Malta should be commended for her distinctive style, but Simple Women has the same problem as countless first-time feature films: too many ideas and too little depth.

Rated: C+

Sep 7, 2019

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Synopsis

An Italian director dreams of making a film about the life of a Romanian actress. She discovers that her subject bears little resemblance to the star she once idolized.

Director: Chiara Malta
Screenwriter: Chiara Malta, Sébastien Laudenbach, Marco Pettenello
Production Co: RAI Cinema, Vivo Film
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Italian
Runtime: 1h 20m