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  • 2017
  • Not Rated
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 27 m
  • 2017
  • Not Rated
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 27 m

Summary Camila (Agustina Muñoz), a young Argentine theater director, travels from Buenos Aires to New York for an artist residency to work on a new Spanish translation of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Upon her arrival, she quickly realizes that her work isn't compensating for the loss of her friends and the lover she left behind. When...

Directed By: Matías Piñeiro

Written By: Matías Piñeiro

  • 2017
  • Not Rated
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 27 m
  • 2017
  • Not Rated
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 27 m

Hermia & Helena

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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Summary Camila (Agustina Muñoz), a young Argentine theater director, travels from Buenos Aires to New York for an artist residency to work on a new Spanish translation of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Upon her arrival, she quickly realizes that her work isn't compensating for the loss of her friends and the lover she left behind. When...

Directed By: Matías Piñeiro

Written By: Matías Piñeiro

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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100
Aug 30, 2017
That’s how the gifted young Argentine writer-director Matías Piñeiro makes his movies, in a style that seems casual and feels sure-handed — casual and sure-handed being about as good a combination as artistry, in any medium, has to offer.
By Mark Feeney FULL REVIEW
90
May 25, 2017
Filming cityscapes and intimate gestures with avid attention, adorning the dialogue with deep confessions and witty asides, Piñeiro conjures a cogently realistic yet gloriously imaginative vision of youthful ardor in love and art alike.
By Richard Brody FULL REVIEW
83
May 25, 2017
By positioning Shakespeare within a chatty tale of young adulthood — and giving it a feminist slant — Piñeiro proves the vitality of the material without becoming subservient to it.
By Eric Kohn FULL REVIEW
80
May 25, 2017
There are a few different potential films within Hermia & Helena — a Shakespeare adaptation, a tale of romantic relationships, a tale of family — but the totality proves a sunny and affable literary collage.
By Abbey Bender FULL REVIEW
80
May 25, 2017
The film belongs to Ms. Muñoz. She’s the kind of performer (like Setsuko Hara, the Japanese actress to whom the film is dedicated) you can’t take your eyes off, even when she doesn’t seem to be up to much of anything.
By Glenn Kenny FULL REVIEW
70
May 25, 2017
Only in an extended sequence late into the proceedings...do we get a sense that Pineiro has tried to move outside of his comfort zone and does the film really become affecting.
By Boyd van Hoeij FULL REVIEW
50
May 26, 2017
Hermia & Helena’s touch-and-go approach weakens the movie’s key expression of being a relatable story about being lost during your late 20s/early 30s.
By Nick Allen FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Trapecio Cine, Ravenser Odd, Cinema Conservancy
Release Date May 26, 2017
Duration 1 h 27 m
Rating Not Rated
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Awards

Locarno International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Mar del Plata Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Indiewire Critics' Poll
• 1 Nomination

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