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  • Summary: A biopic of iconic Chilean artist and folksinger Violeta Parra filled with her music, her memories, and her devotion to her art.
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  1. Positive: 4 out of 7
  2. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. Reviewed by: Sam Adams
    Mar 27, 2013
    83
    Gavilán’s performance bears out Parra’s advice to “hate mathematics and embrace chaos,” and falls between private and public, assurance and self-doubt.
  2. Reviewed by: Sheri Linden
    Apr 18, 2013
    80
    Francisca Gavilán's lead performance burns with a dark radiance that's anything but self-congratulatory.
  3. Reviewed by: Jeannette Catsoulis
    Mar 28, 2013
    70
    Mr. Wood has created a poignant portrait of an artist unable to escape the stamp of her class or the burdens of aging.
  4. Reviewed by: Michael Atkinson
    Mar 26, 2013
    60
    A rare Chilean film that doesn’t mention either the Allende or Pinochet regimes, Violeta Went to Heaven is a love letter to a lost 20th-century goddess. It’s hard to resist her.

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