2020
PG-13
Picturehouse
1 h 53 m

2020
PG-13
Picturehouse
1 h 53 m

Summary In 1917, outside the parish of Fátima, Portugal, a 10-year-old girl and her two younger cousins witness multiple visitations of the Virgin Mary, who tells them that only prayer and suffering will bring an end to World War I. As secularist government officials and Church leaders try to force the children to recant their story, word of the...

Directed By: Marco Pontecorvo

Written By: Valerio D'Annunzio, Barbara Nicolosi, Abdul Rafay Chandio, Marco Pontecorvo

2020
PG-13
Picturehouse
1 h 53 m

2020
PG-13
Picturehouse
1 h 53 m

Fatima

Name: Fatima
Genre: Drama, War
Released: 2020-08-28
Duration: 1 min 53 s
Rating: 50
Cast: Joaquim de Almeida, Goran Visnjic, Stephanie Gil, Alejandra Howard, Jorge Lamelas

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 14 Critic Reviews

User Score Generally Favorable Based on 13 User Ratings

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Directed By: Marco Pontecorvo

Written By: Valerio D'Annunzio, Barbara Nicolosi, Abdul Rafay Chandio, Marco Pontecorvo

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Mixed or Average Based on 14 Critic Reviews

21% Positive
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RogerEbert.com

Aug 28, 2020

Fatima is told simply but emotionally, prioritizing the sensorial reality of the children's world and the people inhabiting it. This devotion to the "real" makes the holy vision palpable and plausible.

By Sheila O'Malley FULL REVIEW

CNN

Sep 8, 2020

Fatima largely works as a drama, in part because it's so earnestly presented, and unexpectedly timely in dealing with loss. If that adds up to something less than a miracle, given the aforementioned challenges, it's not an inconsequential achievement.

By Brian Lowry FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 13 User Ratings

7.7

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23% Mixed
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The Irish Times

Jun 25, 2021

This later timeline, featuring two of the planet’s most wonderful actors, adds clout to a film that, in stark contrast to most faith-based fodder, is gorgeously shot and designed.

By Tara Brady FULL REVIEW

Film Threat

Aug 27, 2020

Fatima has excellent production design. A lot of care went into getting the period details right. There’s some beautiful cinematography and decent performances all around. It’s just all so mushy and predictable. Faith vs. science, tragedy testing one’s faith – those themes have been explored before, more enticingly. Pontecorvo turns a fascinating bit of history into a by-the-numbers affair, and that may be Fatima’s greatest sin.

By Alex Saveliev FULL REVIEW

The Guardian

Jun 22, 2021

Given the inherent lack of drama in the kind of unbreakable faith on display here, anyone wishing to tell the story needs to work much harder than this laboured treatment to wring any nuance, conflict or indeed true sublimity from it.

By Phil Hoad FULL REVIEW

The New York Times

Aug 27, 2020

While the film may speak to viewers with a spiritual investment in these events, it does little to bring them alive for others.

By Ben Kenigsberg FULL REVIEW

The Globe and Mail (Toronto)

Aug 25, 2020

I also appreciated the film’s quick glimpse of Hell itself, which Lucia is plunged into as a warning to whose who won’t accept salvation. With its cheap CGI demons and soundtrack of wailing souls, it was unintentional comedy of the highest order. If you need me, I’ll be laughing all the way to Hades.

By Barry Hertz FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Origin Entertainment, Rose Pictures, Panorama Films, Snow Entertainment

Release Date Aug 28, 2020

Duration 1 h 53 m

Rating PG-13

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Website http://www.picturehouse.com/

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Joaquim de Almeida

Father Ferreira

Goran Visnjic

Arturo

Stephanie Gil

Lucia

Alejandra Howard

Jacinta

Jorge Lamelas

Francisco

Lúcia Moniz

Maria Rosa

Marco D'Almeida

António

Joana Ribeiro

Virgin Mary

Carla Chambel

Olímpia

Elmano Sancho

Ti Manuel

João D'Ávila

Monsenhor Quaresma

Iris Cayatte

Adelina

João Arrais

Manuel Santos

Simão Cayatte

Captain Ribeiro

Sonia Braga

Sister Lucia

Harvey Keitel

Professor Nichols

Ivo Alexandre

Doctor Andrade

Filipa Areosa

Pretty Fiance

João Clara Bandeira

Toninho

Alba Baptista

Senhora Lopes Daughter

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