Defiant, determined, Vega delivers a star-making performance in a drama of embattled grief, directed with heart.
Given it could be re-titled ‘Microaggressions: The Movie’, this is an unsurprisingly upsetting watch at times, but it’s made compelling by Vega’s dignified, heartfelt performance.
Keeps you waiting for a moment that never comes.
Regardless of the story’s sexual politics, Marina is the type of movie heroine that any audience will root for (one reason why it has secured an Oscar nomination.)
A Fantastic Woman is a brilliant film: a richly humane, moving study of someone keeping alive the memory and the fact of love.
A compassionate, compelling tale for anyone who loves a good Pedro Almodóvar melodrama.
It’s Vega’s defiant performance that carries it through.
A magnetic screen presence, Vega is called upon to unify the film’s shifting moods – no mean feat. It’s a challenge to which she rises with ease, capturing our attention, engaging our sympathies, and stealing our hearts.
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Edinburgh Filmhouse, Edinburgh from Friday March 9, 2018, until Thursday March 15, 2018. More info: www.filmhousecinema.com
Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee from Friday March 16, 2018, until Thursday March 29, 2018. More info: www.dca.org.uk