Patricia Boero - The Film Verdict

Dry Ground Burning

Posted by Patricia Boero | Feb 14, 2022 | Berlin, Festivals |

A gang of tough queer women controls an illicit oil refinery in this grim neorealist documentary drama, set in Brazil’s largest shanty town.

Lullaby

Posted by Patricia Boero | Feb 11, 2022 | Berlin, Festivals |

Motherhood is de-glamourized in this gentle, honest account of parenting during stressful times, shot in Spain’s Basque country by director Alauda Ruiz de Azúa.

Singing in the Wilderness

Posted by Patricia Boero | Feb 1, 2022 | Festivals, Rotterdam |

A bittersweet chronicle of Miao farmers who form a Christian choir in the remote mountains in China, and who are recruited to perform nationally while gradually losing their lands, autonomy, and identity.

Malintzin 17

Posted by Patricia Boero | Jan 30, 2022 | Festivals, Rotterdam |

Eugenio and Mara Polgovsky gently comment on the cycle of life in an observational documentary shot through a window in Mexico City.

Piggy

Posted by Patricia Boero | Jan 25, 2022 | Cannes Marché du Film, CANNES MARCHE' DU FILM, Festivals, Sundance |

Fans of slasher films will revel in this darkly comic subversion of the genre premiering at Sundance, where an obese, bullied teenager gets her revenge on the village mean girls.

Author: Patricia Boero

Dry Ground Burning

Lullaby

Singing in the Wilderness

Malintzin 17

Piggy