SummaryIrene is raising four rambunctious sons in a home that is physically crumbling but warm and happy. As Irene simultaneously shelters her sister Sonia (who just left a volatile marriage), supports her own husband through a financial crisis, and plans her own long-awaited high school graduation, Irene’s eldest son, Fernando, suddenly announces he ha... Read More
Directed By:Gustavo Pizzi
Written By:Gustavo Pizzi, Karine Teles
Loveling
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90
Brazilian director Gustavo Pizzi crafts a warm and wonderfully universal love story that comes across surprisingly unconventional for something so familiar.
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Loveling wisely avoids easy answers, and its deft mix of humor and melancholy never falters.
82
The film is not alienating; it does not obfuscate its intentions. Pizzi knew what he wanted to make, and what he has made is a touching yarn about the pangs of familial maturation.
70
Loveling relies on the charm of its chaotic central family (an overweight son who insists on carrying a giant tuba around with him, for example) and the warmth of Teles to seduce and dazzle audiences into submission.
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Loveling is often awkwardly paced and unintentionally directionless, which hampers some of the tension of the most important scenes. Which is a shame, because Teles as Irene is phenomenal and some of her finest moments feel squandered.
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Production Company:
- Bubbles Project
- TVZero
- Baleia Filmes
- Mutante Cine
Duration:1 h 35 m
Awards
Cinema Brazil Grand Prize
• 6 Wins & 9 Nominations
Prêmio Guarani
• 3 Wins & 9 Nominations
Gramado Film Festival
• 4 Wins & 4 Nominations




























