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  • 2018
  • Not Rated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 18 m
  • 2018
  • Not Rated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 18 m

Summary 54-year-old Teresa has worked for decades as a live-in maid with a family in Buenos Aires. When the family sells the house, she is forced to take a job in the distant town of San Juan. Although feeling uncomfortable with traveling, she embarks on a journey through the desert. During her first stop, in the land of the miraculous “Saint Co...

Directed By: Cecilia Atán, Valeria Pivato

Written By: Martín Salinas, Cecilia Atán, Valeria Pivato

  • 2018
  • Not Rated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 18 m
  • 2018
  • Not Rated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 18 m

The Desert Bride

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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Summary 54-year-old Teresa has worked for decades as a live-in maid with a family in Buenos Aires. When the family sells the house, she is forced to take a job in the distant town of San Juan. Although feeling uncomfortable with traveling, she embarks on a journey through the desert. During her first stop, in the land of the miraculous “Saint Co...

Directed By: Cecilia Atán, Valeria Pivato

Written By: Martín Salinas, Cecilia Atán, Valeria Pivato

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
68
67% Positive
6 Reviews
33% Mixed
3 Reviews
0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
68
67% Positive
6 Reviews
33% Mixed
3 Reviews
0% Negative
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83
May 3, 2018
“Bride” is remarkable for how honestly it earns every tiny tick of pleasure it gives — for it gives many.
By Jessica Kiang FULL REVIEW
80
May 9, 2018
The Desert Bride is nothing complicated, but in its unforced humanity, visually poetic landscapes and agreeably metaphoric storytelling suggests the intimate pleasures of a well-turned short story.
By Robert Abele FULL REVIEW
80
May 3, 2018
A film that is a small delight, a perfect cinematic short story.
By Lee Marshall FULL REVIEW
80
May 3, 2018
The spareness of both the physical and emotional landscapes yields something quite delicate in a film with the grace and economy of a satisfying short story.
By David Rooney FULL REVIEW
80
May 3, 2018
The story works largely on the level of metaphor, but it’s never overbearing or suffocating; there’s life here. A lot of credit should go to the actors, particularly the lead. As the film moves along, García’s face seems to change dramatically.
By Bilge Ebiri FULL REVIEW
50
May 3, 2018
A road movie of sorts, it steers clear of melodrama or sentimentality, but it also never risks hitting anything.
By Ben Kenigsberg FULL REVIEW
50
Apr 27, 2018
As two-handers go, the film has a moderately compelling pair of performances at its center, with Claudio Rissi’s take on a fun-loving road warrior providing an amusing, if obvious, counterpoint to Paulina García’s reserved homebody.
By Clayton Dillard FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Ceibita Films, El Perro en la Luna, Haddock Films
Release Date May 4, 2018
Duration 1 h 18 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website http://haddockfilms.com/
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Awards

Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards
• 3 Wins & 6 Nominations
Huelva Latin American Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Argentina
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations

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