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Film Threat by Lorry Kikta
Director Sabrina Van Tassel does an excellent job of drawing in the audience to the labyrinthian case of Melissa Lucio.
Meli
- Spain
- 2020
- · 20m
Director
Ayelen Lonconao
Cast
Laura Maripil Llancao,
Juan Cayul,
Herminia Marivil,
Alexandra Lagos,
Nahuel Escobar,
Elvira Llancao,
Juan Alonso Marivil
Genre
Drama
Melisa is a young Mapuche woman who at a young age migrated with her family from her Mapu lof to the city, in search of better living conditions. As an adult and soon to finish her university studies, she begins to experience unexplainable situations and dreams... she has received an ancestral call.
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What are critics saying?
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Austin Chronicle by Sarah Marloff
It’s the commonality of Lucio’s story and case that makes Van Tassel’s documentary more impactful.
58
The Film Stage by John Fink
The film problematically never quite commits to being one thing: bouncing around the investigation, being work of advocacy, and a study of family violence. In doing so, it lacks the kind of emotional impact and outrage it ought to have.
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The Hollywood Reporter by John DeFore
The doc pads out its assertions of malfeasance with personal scenes that fall flat, never giving much insight into its subject's personality or deepening the sympathy we may have started off with for the children she left behind.
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