The Irish Times by Tara Brady

Ery Claver, who co-wrote the screenplay with the director, provides arresting Steadicam as well as popping colours as cinematographer. In keeping with the film’s novel premise, this is like nothing you’ve seen anywhere else. Aline Frazão’s crashing, jazzy score adds a start to the ghosts in the machine.

The Hollywood Reporter by Neil Young

A highly accomplished and promising first full-length fictional outing for U.S.-trained mono-monikered multi-hyphenate “Fradique” (a.k.a. Mario Bastos), this magical realist tale set and shot in bustling capital Luanda is buoyed by a quite outstanding original jazz-inflected soundtrack by Aline Frazao, whose renown already stretches beyond her continent’s shores.

The Guardian by Phil Hoad

The tech may be on the blink, but this striking debut makes humanity seem like a beautiful malfunction.