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Vitalina Varela

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Directed by Pedro Costa
Produced by Abel Ribeiro Chaves
Written by Pedro Costa and Vitalina Varela
With: Vitalina Varela, Ventura, Manuel Tavares Almeida, Francisco Brito, Marina Alves Domingues, and João Baptista Fortes
Cinematography: Leonardo Simões
Editing: Vítor Carvalho and João Dias
Runtime: 124 min
Release Date: 21 February 2020
Aspect Ratio: 1.33 : 1
Color: Color
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Costa’s follow up to Horse Money ('14) is a superior work of minimalist drama, stark composition, and internalized grief. Varela plays herself, a 55-year-old Cape Verdean who arrives in Portugal 3 days after her husband's funeral, confronting the disappointment she's lived with.