Loveling

    Loveling
    2018

    Synopsis

    On the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, Irene has only a few days to overcome her anxiety and renew her strength before sending her eldest son out into the world.

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    Cast

    • Karine TelesIrene
    • Otávio MüllerKlaus
    • Adriana EstevesSônia
    • Konstantinos SarrisFernando
    • César TroncosoAlan
    • Luan TelesRodrigo
    • Vicente DemoriThiago
    • Arthur Teles PizziFabiano
    • Francisco Teles PizziMatheus
    • Mateus SolanoPaçoca

    Recommendations

    • 90

      The Hollywood Reporter

      Loveling wisely avoids easy answers, and its deft mix of humor and melancholy never falters.
    • 90

      Variety

      Brazilian director Gustavo Pizzi crafts a warm and wonderfully universal love story that comes across surprisingly unconventional for something so familiar.
    • 82

      TheWrap

      The film is not alienating; it does not obfuscate its intentions. Pizzi knew what he wanted to make, and what he has made is a touching yarn about the pangs of familial maturation.
    • 70

      Screen Daily

      Loveling relies on the charm of its chaotic central family (an overweight son who insists on carrying a giant tuba around with him, for example) and the warmth of Teles to seduce and dazzle audiences into submission.
    • 67

      The Playlist

      Loveling is often awkwardly paced and unintentionally directionless, which hampers some of the tension of the most important scenes. Which is a shame, because Teles as Irene is phenomenal and some of her finest moments feel squandered.