Aquarius

Aquarius

  • Director: Kleber Mendonça Filho
  • Countries of origin: Brazil, France
  • Language: Portuguese
  • Release date: September 1, 2016
  • Sound mix: Dolby Digital
  • Aspect ratio: 2.35 : 1
  • Also known as: Водолій
  • "Aquarius" is a feature film directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho and starring The Brazilian Bombshell , Humberto Callao and Maeve Jinkings , which was released in Brazil on September 1, 2016.
    The film tells the story of music critic Clara, whose apartment is bought by a real estate company, but she is reluctant to leave the home full of memories of her life, so she starts a cold war with the real estate developer   .

    Details

    • Release date September 1, 2016
    • Filming locations 560 Avenida Boa Viagem, Pina, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
    • Production companies CinemaScópio Produções, SBS Productions, Globo Filmes

    Box office

    Budget

    R$2,500,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $285,930

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $29,129

    Gross worldwide

    $3,085,977

    Movie reviews

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    • By Amelie 2022-04-08 09:01:13

      Aquarius

      Independent and autonomous.

      Aunt Clara, a seventy-year-old girl, is still beautiful. Seeing the cupboard brings back memories of having sex with your partner when you were young.

      Clara's husband said, "I love her, and even though it was a low point in my life, we still got through it together, the saddest time."

      My husband passed away for 17 years.

      This apartment, Aquarius, holds memories of my past years. My children are grown and married, my...

    • By Cullen 2022-04-05 09:01:07

      "Aquarius": She lives in an apartment

      (Written by Zhi Ning on January 10, 2017
       
              ) The narration and photography of the Brazilian film "Aquarius" give people the appearance of wandering around at will, but in fact the shape is scattered but the spirit is not scattered. The director and screenwriter of the film Little Kleber Mendoza, a film critic, probably because of the large number of films he has read, in many classic films in the past, Mendoza has found a suitable shooting method to express his works. He seems...

    • By Dominic 2022-04-05 09:01:07

      Just because it's an Aquarius - this Aquarius is not that Aquarius

      Before I watched the film, I always thought it was a movie about constellations. At first I thought it was a story about an Aquarius, but then the whole plot developed a little bit insinuating.

      Clara is a Brazilian female writer. At the beginning, her family was holding a birthday party, and her grandchildren enthusiastically recited poems to bless her. Everyone is very happy. Then the camera cuts to, Clara gets up the next morning and goes to the beach for a swim. After...

    • By Parker 2022-04-05 09:01:07

      May I be the same when I grow old, as stubborn as a child and an old lady.

      When I downloaded this movie on the movie website, it was purely for the title, "Aquarius". Because I am also an Aquarius, I was preconceived and had to watch it before downloading it. I have saved it on the PAD for a long time. Today, in my spare time, I turned it out and took a closer look, only to find that the name of the building is Aquarius.

      The lengthy and slow rhythm of the film caused me to not watch it very seriously. I went to wash a fruit and remove a yogurt from time to...

    • By Sydney 2022-04-05 09:01:07

      The end of life is music

      The opening and closing credits of the film are the sound of the waves, and I thought it was a very poetic and romantic movie. But there is no romance here, with the real estate agent's giant hand looming over the later life of a Brazilian female intellectual who wants a poetic inhabitation in a seaside apartment. A missing breast, the drain pipe on the beach, the termites upstairs, the white eyes of my daughter, the deceased person in the thick old photos. There is no love that transcends...

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    • By Tamia 2022-04-09 09:01:08

      Resistance and sexuality support women's eternal...

    • By Glennie 2022-04-09 09:01:08

      Little Kleber Mendoza spent more than ten years cultivating the theme of Recife, and finally filmed this show showing a master atmosphere. The sound is still important in the film (very subjective usage), the big heroine writes wonderfully, using family life and private memory to resolve the very dramatic conflict of demolition (really advanced drama), and at some moments also Made for a tense thriller atmosphere, somewhat like a hybrid of Haneke and Puyo. The beginning of 1980 and the memories...

    • By Michele 2022-04-09 09:01:08

      Very boring, lots of irrelevant characters and plot, the ending seems powerful but...

    • By Trystan 2022-04-09 09:01:08

      [Brazil] The memories carried between the buildings include past history, music, personnel and sex; the moth-eaten wood and mottled brick walls piece together all the things Clara once lived. "Aquarius" is her territory and kingdom. Even if she is in a sinister trap and conspiracy, she must resist to the death; in the face of the complicated world, she must maintain her voice. Although it is full of perspective and the themes involved are very serious, it is also a story of a middle-aged woman...

    • By Evert 2022-04-09 09:01:08

      It is a home and a home, where memories and emotions are carried, and she has the right to choose where to live. But it is not just real estate hegemony. The retirement life of independent women reflects a series of social problems. The director's aesthetics, the use of interior space and the use of music are all great. Personally, I can especially empathize with the...

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    The script of the film is solid, the space is more conceptual and more detached, and it has become a battleground for all parties. The living seek housing, and the dead seek the grave. The film presents a fusion of documentary style and magical elements, with occasional magical shots. In general, the film creates an independent woman who does not depend on herself and does not endanger herself by recording the daily way, and feminism...
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    Movie quotes

    • Clara: It's impressive what people say about lack of education, and they always refer to poor people, but lack of manners isn't in poor people, it's in rich, well educated people like you, the elite, who think they are elite, who think they are privileged, who don't stand in line, you know? People like you who took a "business" course, but lack basic human decency, who have no character, you know? No character, no I mean, you do have a character; your character is money, all you've got is your shit-eating smile; that's what you got.

    • Clara: So when you like it, it's vintage; when you don't like it, it's old. Is that right? You guys don't know what it's like to feel crazy without being crazy and that the madness is out there, don't you? Another thing that's really crazy around here is that we're talking about money.

    • Clara: I survived cancer. More than 30 years ago, you know? And these days I've been thinking about something. I'd rather give you cancer than having it myself.