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The Heiresses

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Overview

Paraguayan writer-director Marcelo Martinessi's first feature film is set in the intimate all-female universe of moneyed elites. Chela, a withdrawn painter, is forced to fend for herself after her partner Chiquita is jailed for bank fraud. As their prized possessions are sold off, Chela finds herself serving as a chauffeur to wealthy old ladies and slowly leaves her isolated existence behind.

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Details

    DVD Format
  • Format: DVD
  • Run Time: 97
  • Color Format: Color
  • UPC: 854565002821
  • Genre: DRAMA
  • Rating: NR
  • Release Date: July 2019

Movie Reviews

Reviews:
"[The drama] builds emotional involvement by infinitesimal degrees through its acute observation of characters and social context and its ultra-naturalistic performances." - 02/16/2018 Hollywood Reporter


"[T]he film exquisitely balances character study with shrewd commentary on the precarious hierarchy of class distinctions, the turbulent persistence of sexual desire and the lingering privileges of Paraguay’s elite." - 02/16/2018 Variety


"First-time writer-director Marcelo Martinessi feels great compassion for Chela, and the film’s concern for her happiness is its driving force." - 01/14/2018 A.V. Club


4 stars out of 5 -- "This excellent debut movie from writer-director Marcelo Martinessi, an award-winner at this year’s Berlin film festival, is a secret love story set among the complacent wealthy gerontocracy of the nation’s capital, Asunción." - 08/09/2019 The Guardian


"THE HEIRESSES almost subliminally alerts you to complexities of sexuality and status that many films would prefer to simplify. It also draws you into a social milieu that is both highly specific and intuitively accessible." - 01/15/2019 New York Times


4 stars out of 4 -- "[U]nderneath the film's quiet is a heaving ocean of longing, restlessness, melancholy." - 01/16/2019 RogerEbert.com

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