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Kékszakállú

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Argentina · 2016
1h 12m
Director Gastón Solnicki
Starring Laila Maltz, Katia Szechtman, Lara Tarlowski, Natali Maltz
Genre Drama

An unconventionally observational portrait of a group of unnamed teenage girls in Argentina, daughters of wealthy industrialists and on the precipice of adulthood. They each attempt to navigate employment, education, and above all, their own boredom. Loosely adapted from Bela Bartok's sole opera, the one-act Bluebeard's Castle.

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75

The Film Stage by

With all of its ingrained sadness and complex shifts, both the fabricated idyll of youth and distressed independence of adulthood are executed as if they were a casual dream, never becoming as nightmarish as they ought to be.

50

The New York Times by Ben Kenigsberg

Even seasoned defenders of cryptic formalism may find it amorphous. The characters are never named, the camera work is static, and little that’s conceptually interesting materializes.

83

The A.V. Club by Mike D'Angelo

Solnicki has admitted in interviews that he more or less made the movie up as he went along, not knowing quite what he was after, and it shows. But he has a remarkable eye and boundless curiosity, and those two qualities are enough to sustain a brief yet restlessly inventive exploration like this one.

80

Variety by Scott Tobias

It takes an uncommon talent to keep the mundane from seeming inert, and through Solnicki’s lens, the absence of outer conflict doesn’t mute the turmoil within.

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