Invisible Life. 2019. Directed by Karim Aïnouz

Film

Sat, Dec 14, 2019, 1:30 p.m.

Followed by a discussion with the filmmaker

MoMA, Floor T2/T1, Theater 1

The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 1

Invisible Life. 2019. Brazil. Directed by Karim Aïnouz. Courtesy Amazon Studios

Invisible Life. 2019. Brazil/Germany. Directed by Karim Aïnouz. Screenplay by Aïnouz, Inés Bortagaray, Murilo Hauser. With Carol Duarte, Fernanda Montenegro, Julia Stockler. 139 min.

“Winner of the Un Certain Regard award at this year's Cannes Film Festival, the latest feature from prolific Brazilian auteur Karim Aïnouz (Madame Satã), set in mid-century Rio de Janeiro, is a sprawling melodrama about feminine resilience. Based on Martha Batalha's beloved novel, Invisible Life is Aïnouz's most accessible work even as it retains the unfettered sensuality and sumptuous splendour that render all his films so uniquely transporting. The year is 1950. Classical piano prodigy Eurídice (Carol Duarte) dreams of studying at the Vienna Conservatory. Her sister, Guida (Julia Stockler), however, is the first of the siblings to make it to Europe, albeit fleetingly: after having eloped with a Greek sailor, Guida soon returns to Rio de Janeiro pregnant and alone, unbeknownst to Eurídice. Kept apart by a terrible lie, years pass as the two sisters forge their respective paths through their city's teeming bustle, each believing the other to be half a world away” (2019 Toronto International Film Festival program notes). Courtesy Amazon Studios.

This film accompanies The Contenders 2019.

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