The type of sentence a prisoner was serving 'may have played some part' in his decision to take his own life, a watchdog has said after an investigation.
28.02.2024 - 23:03 / variety.com
J. Kim Murphy A fitfully kooky 23andMe-gone-wrong scary story, “Amelia’s Children” follows an American couple in Portugal as they become entwined in an ancient bloodline of witchcraft. The horror project makes for an intriguing follow-up to Lisbon-based filmmaker Gabriel Abrantes’ much lighter 2018 feature “Diamantino” (that one co-directed with Daniel Schmidt), which lampooned soccer icon Cristiano Ronaldo’s patriotic celebrity with giant puppy dog daydream sequences and a prankish but tender queer romance.
In “Diamantino,” the pair crafted a fantasia chockful of big, goofy internet-age signifiers without betraying a certain protective instinct for its characters, inventing an entirely original tone. By comparison, “Amelia’s Children” stays within more familiar territory. Here, Abrantes once again casts Carloto Cotta, this time playing a pensive American musician named Edward.
After a DNA-testing service tracks down the biological family he was kidnapped from as an infant, the 30-something and his devoted girfriend, Ryley (Brigette Lundy-Paine), jet to Portugal to visit a locally notorious multi-million-dollar estate. There lives Edward’s decrepit mother, Amelia (Anabela Moreira), and his lithe, long-haired twin brother, Manuel (also Cotta, sporting a cryptic smile). Even with his dual roles, Cotta soon cedes lead status to Lundy-Paine, whose unease becomes the perspective we see Edward’s family through.
Initially supportive of the homecoming, Ryley grows wary as her boyfriend’s family closes ranks, clearly reluctant to allow him to return to the States. Lundy-Paine gives acute feeling to their character’s eroding patience. Then Abrantes unleashes the works on them.
The type of sentence a prisoner was serving 'may have played some part' in his decision to take his own life, a watchdog has said after an investigation.
Let me state right out that I am a sucker for dog movies. I still can’t get over My Dog Skip. I learned valuable lifelong lessons from Old Yeller. I consider Lassie a personal friend. I took selfies at the Oscar nominees luncheon with Messi, the French border collie I was pushing for Best Supporting Actor from Anatomy of a Fall. So yes, I am probably the right audience for the latest in the genre, Arthur the King, and its title star.
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