Christabel
First screened in September 2018
Director: Alex Levy-Heller. Cast: Milla Fernandez, Lorena Castanheira, Julio Adrião, Alexandre Rodrigues, Nill Marcondes. Screenplay: Alex Levy-Heller (based on the poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge). Twitter Capsule:
Transposition of Coleridge to a Brazilian backwater has its longueurs but sustains ripe ambience and defers good shocks.
VOR:③
Unusual, moody contribution to lesbian cinema. Unexpected uptake of Romantic poetry. Arrives at a volatile moment for LGBTQ lives in Brazil.
