The Heiresses

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    The Heiresses
    2018

    Synopsis

    After her girlfriend is imprisoned on fraud charges, Chela is forced to face a new reality. Driving for the first time in years, she begins to provide a local taxi service to a group of elderly wealthy ladies. As Chela settles into her new life, she encounters the much younger Angy, forging a fresh and invigorating new connection.

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      Cast

      • Ana BrunChela
      • Margarita IrúnChiquita
      • Ana IvanovaAngy
      • Nilda GonzalezPati
      • María MartinsPituca
      • Alicia GuerraCarmela
      • Raúl ChamorroCesar
      • Ana BanksInterna Principal
      • Inés González GuerricoRita
      • Javier VillamayorPanchero

      Recommendations

      • 100

        Variety

        The film exquisitely balances character study with shrewd commentary on the precarious hierarchy of class distinctions, the turbulent persistence of sexual desire and the lingering privileges of Paraguay’s elite.
      • 100

        RogerEbert.com

        Emotions never before experienced come surging to the surface. How Martinessi pulls this off — in what is his first feature — is nothing less than extraordinary.
      • 80

        CineVue

        This deeply felt Paraguayan drama shines a light on the nation’s fractured identity by crossing numerous generational and class divides.
      • 80

        Screen Daily

        There is much to admire for those who chime with the languid rhythms and language of loaded sidelong glances.
      • 80

        The Observer (UK)

        A superb first feature from Marcelo Martinessi, this entirely female-driven story is full of gentle wit and playful observations on the crumbling upper echelons of Paraguayan society – there are parallels with early Lucrecia Martel, and with Sebastián Lelio’s exploration of older female sexuality, Gloria.
      • 80

        The Guardian

        Martinessi shrewdly combines subtlety, melancholy, satirical observation and candour about sex.
      • 80

        The New York Times

        This isn’t a perfect movie — sometimes the machinery of plot-focused screenwriting hums a little too insistently, especially toward the end, disrupting the quieter, richer music of everyday life — but its clearsighted sensitivity makes it a satisfying one.
      • 75

        Slant Magazine

        Ana Brun’s performance as Chela anchors our attention where Marcelo Martinessi’s understated visuals might otherwise lose it.

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