Vitalina Varela


Vitalina Varela is a 2019 Portuguese drama film directed by Pedro Costa. It won the Golden Leopard at the 2019 Locarno Film Festival.

Reception

Critical response

On the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 97% based on 34 reviews, with an average rating of 8.42/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Rigorous and beautifully composed, Vitalina Varela is a quietly absorbing drama whose placid surface belies hidden depths". Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 83 out of 100, based on 15 critics, indicating "Universal acclaim".