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  • 2022
  • Good Deed Entertainment
  • 1 h 27 m
  • 2022
  • Good Deed Entertainment
  • 1 h 27 m

Summary In a small Mediterranean village, Carmen (Natascha McElhone) has looked after her brother, the local priest, for her entire life. When the Church abandons Carmen, she is mistaken for the new priest. Carmen begins to see the world, and herself, in a new light.

Directed By: Valerie Buhagiar

Written By: Ann-Marie MacDonald, Valerie Buhagiar

  • 2022
  • Good Deed Entertainment
  • 1 h 27 m
  • 2022
  • Good Deed Entertainment
  • 1 h 27 m

Carmen

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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Summary In a small Mediterranean village, Carmen (Natascha McElhone) has looked after her brother, the local priest, for her entire life. When the Church abandons Carmen, she is mistaken for the new priest. Carmen begins to see the world, and herself, in a new light.

Directed By: Valerie Buhagiar

Written By: Ann-Marie MacDonald, Valerie Buhagiar

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83
Sep 23, 2022
Gossamer thin in the plotting but playful and gorgeous to look at, it’s a warm message of midlife liberation.
By Liam Lacey FULL REVIEW
80
Sep 22, 2022
Writer and director Valerie Buhagiar makes the wise decision to orient her film toward what’s pleasurable rather than what’s logical. The Maltese countryside sparkles in the sunlight, and McElhone delights with a charming and slightly loopy performance as the irreverent spiritual leader.
By Teo Bugbee FULL REVIEW
63
Sep 19, 2022
McElhone mopes in the early scenes and shimmers through the later ones, even as she suffers. “Carmen” becomes a veritable Maltese fashion shoot at times.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
60
Sep 23, 2022
Carmen relies too much on coincidences to keep its story going; and Buhagiar threads in a few too many impressionistic flashbacks to the heroine’s youth and to the romance her family forced her to abandon. But McElhone strikes a fine balance between humor and pathos.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW
50
Sep 21, 2022
Maltese writer/director Buhagiar emphasizes the character’s transformative path rather than her pitiable starting point, and with the help of some suspension of disbelief and a symbolic pigeon (no, not a Maltese falcon) Carmen comes into her own.
By Marjorie Baumgarten FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Falkun Films, Aiken Heart Films
Release Date Sep 23, 2022
Duration 1 h 27 m
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Website https://gooddeedentertainment.com/carmen/
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Awards

Canadian Film Fest
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Fairhope Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Whistler Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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