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The Desert Bride(La novia del desierto)

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Argentina, Chile · 2017
Rated R · 1h 18m
Director Valeria Pivato, Cecilia Atán
Starring Paulina García, Claudio Rissi, Susana Pampín, Coqui
Genre Drama

Teresa, a former maid, embarks on a journey through the desert. When she loses her bag in the land of the miraculous "Saint Correa,” this leads her to cross paths with El Gringo, a traveling salesman. What seemed like the end of her world will ultimately prove her salvation.

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80

Village Voice by Bilge Ebiri

The story works largely on the level of metaphor, but it’s never overbearing or suffocating; there’s life here. A lot of credit should go to the actors, particularly the lead. As the film moves along, García’s face seems to change dramatically.

50

Slant Magazine by Clayton Dillard

As two-handers go, the film has a moderately compelling pair of performances at its center, with Claudio Rissi’s take on a fun-loving road warrior providing an amusing, if obvious, counterpoint to Paulina García’s reserved homebody.

80

The Hollywood Reporter by David Rooney

The spareness of both the physical and emotional landscapes yields something quite delicate in a film with the grace and economy of a satisfying short story.

50

RogerEbert.com by Godfrey Cheshire

With a road movie story that aims toward simplistic and rather formulaic romantic wish-fulfillment, it offers some interesting scenery, but its main attraction is another estimable performance by the talented Garcia.

80

Variety by Guy Lodge

It’s a loving showcase for its star’s most finely wrought powers of expression, but equally beguiling as a display of its first-time helmers’ gentle observational acuity and surprisingly inventive visual storytelling.

80

Los Angeles Times by Robert Abele

The Desert Bride is nothing complicated, but in its unforced humanity, visually poetic landscapes and agreeably metaphoric storytelling suggests the intimate pleasures of a well-turned short story.

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