Vitalina Varela /

Winner of the Golden Leopard for Best Film and Best Actress at the Locarno Film Festival, Vitalina Varela is the masterful new film from acclaimed director Pedro Costa. A work of deeply concentrated beauty, it stars nonprofessional actor Vitalina Varela in a remarkable performance (based on her life...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Costa, Pedro (Director), Chaves, Abel Ribeiro (Producer)
Format:	Video
Language:	Portuguese
Language Notes:	In Portuguese with English subtitles.
Published:	New York, NY : Grasshopper Film, 2019.
Series:	Academic Video Online
Subjects:	Separation (Law) > Drama. Cabo Verdeans > Portugal > Lisbon > Drama. Women > Cabo Verde > Drama. Lisbon (Portugal) > Drama. Cabo Verdeans Separation (Law) Women Cabo Verde Portugal > Lisbon Drama Feature films Fiction films Fiction films. Feature films. Films de fiction.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)

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Summary:	Winner of the Golden Leopard for Best Film and Best Actress at the Locarno Film Festival, Vitalina Varela is the masterful new film from acclaimed director Pedro Costa. A work of deeply concentrated beauty, it stars nonprofessional actor Vitalina Varela in a remarkable performance (based on her life), as a Cape Verdean woman who hopes to reunite with her husband after decades of separation due to economic circumstance, only to arrive in a strange land mere days after his funeral.
Item Description:	Title from resource description page (viewed December 10, 2020).
Physical Description:	1 online resource (125 minutes)
Playing Time:	02:04:29
Awards:	Winner, Golden Leopard for Best Film and Best Actress, Locarno International Film Festival, 2019