MADALENA has a contemprory narrative structure that might be off-putting to many; the titular Madalene is murdered but the film isn’t interested in providing viewers with an explanation or a mystery. Madalene is merely a vessel to dissect a social ill —violence/murder of transwomen; Brazil being among the highest in the world. 

The film is shot in long still takes, incorporates alot of greenery and features strange looking brown birds I don’t know the name of. The drone hum over vast green fields is my favorite visual from this film. Another one that comes close is the sudden gush of wind and atmosphere change in Magdalena’s room from the first vignette. 

Each vignette has no connective tissue between each other but provides a range of reactions as an impact to this single event; such as concern, panic and nostalgia are all explored. I found the second vignette (panic) to be incredibly pointless, beyond his initial discovery of Madalena’s corpse.

MADALENA has a contemprory narrative structure that might be off-putting to many; the titular Madalene is murdered but the film isn’t interested in providing viewers with an explanation or a mystery. Madalene is merely a vessel to dissect a social ill —violence/murder of transwomen; Brazil being among the highest in the world. 

The film is shot in long still takes, incorporates alot of greenery and features strange looking brown birds I don’t know the name of. The drone hum over vast green fields is my favorite visual from this film. Another one that comes close is the sudden gush of wind and atmosphere change in Magdalena’s room from the first vignette. 

Each vignette has no connective tissue between each other but provides a range of reactions as an impact to this single event; such as concern, panic and nostalgia are all explored. I found the second vignette (panic) to be incredibly pointless, beyond his initial discovery of Madalena’s corpse.

Poderia ter sido bem melhor, a atuação foi relativamente fraca, roteiro também não cooperou muito, só a cinematografia que é enigmática e cativante. Madalena sequer teve 10 minutos de fala, acho que o filme atingiu muito pouco

Poderia ter sido bem melhor, a atuação foi relativamente fraca, roteiro também não cooperou muito, só a cinematografia que é enigmática e cativante. Madalena sequer teve 10 minutos de fala, acho que o filme atingiu muito pouco

:(

:(