Vitalina Varela

This article is about the film. For the actress and lead character, see Vitalina Varela (actress).
Vitalina Varela
Directed byPedro Costa
Written byPedro Costa
Vitalina Varela
Produced byAbel Ribeiro Chaves
StarringVitalina Varela
Ventura
CinematographyLeonardo Simões
Edited byVítor Carvalho
João Dias
Release dates
  • 14 August 2019 (2019-08-14) (LFF)
  • 21 February 2020 (2020-02-21) (United States)
Running time
124 minutes
CountryPortugal
LanguagesCape Verdean Creole
Portuguese
Budget€600,000[1]
Box office$55,183[2]

Vitalina Varela is a 2019 Portuguese drama directed by acclaimed director Pedro Costa.[3] It won the Golden Leopard and Best Actress Award at the 2019 Locarno Film Festival.[4] The film follows Vitalina Varela, a character who previously appeared in Pedro Costa's Horse Money.

It was selected as the Portuguese entry for Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards after Portugal's first entry, Listen, was disqualified.[5]

  1. ^ "Cinema Must Be a Ritual: Pedro Costa Discusses "Vitalina Varela"". MUBI. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Vitalina (2020)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved March 13, 2020.
  3. ^ Weissberg, Jay (17 August 2019). "Locarno Film Review: 'Vitalina Varela'". Variety. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
  4. ^ Corless, Kieron (3 September 2019). "Locarno 2019 report: films forged in fire". BFI. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
  5. ^ "'Vitalina Varela' is the new Portuguese candidate for the Oscars". re Jerusalem. 21 December 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2020.