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Academy of the Muses

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University of Barcelona philology professor Raffaele Pinto leads a simulating college seminar on women's roles in inspiring art and historical literary muses, which is attended entirely by actresses.

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J. R. Jones Chicago Reader 12/08/2016
The film is demanding, intellectually voracious, and reminiscent of Last Year at Marienbad in its brittle aestheticism. Go to Full Review
Ignatiy Vishnevetsky AV Club 12/01/2016
The movie-which was made on a tiny budget with a non-professional cast and no crew to speak of-finds the critical discourse in poetry and vice versa. Go to Full Review
Ken Jaworowski New York Times 09/01/2016
There are several ways to look at these scenes. But all you really have to do is listen. Go to Full Review
Dustin Chang Floating World 02/14/2021
Academy of Muses is an intellectually, emotionally and stylistically satisfying viewing experience and by far the most invigorating cinematic exercise I've seen this year. Go to Full Review
Scott Nye Battleship Pretension 01/05/2021
That which seems narrow at first approach sometimes reveals itself to be vast and expansive later on. Go to Full Review
Jorge Ayala Blanco El Universal 06/12/2017
The film that exposes its disjointed idea of ideal love, based on a structure also disjointed itself. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
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Synopsis University of Barcelona philology professor Raffaele Pinto leads a simulating college seminar on women's roles in inspiring art and historical literary muses, which is attended entirely by actresses.
Director
José Luis Guerín
Screenwriter
José Luis Guerín
Production Co
Los Films de Orfeo
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
European Spanish
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 29, 2019
Runtime
1h 32m
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