Nyff 2016

[Chris Knipp]

First look:

AQUARIUS (Kleber Mendoça Filho 2016)

Sly, beautiful, and more brightly colored than Neighboring Sounds and yes, perhaps "more conventionally structured" as D'Angelo says, but rich and surprising and close to the first film in theme and idea at many points. Portrait of a stubborn, regal woman holding onto the lone occupied apartment in a Forties building developers want to tear down for a high rise. Starring the magnificent Sônia Braga in one of her greatest performances. She owns the picture, but it's much more than just her.

Click on the title for the CK review of the film in the Filmleaf Festival Coverage section.