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A mother must surpass her anxiety and find strength before sending her eldest son away overseas in this Sundance Grand...
A mother must surpass her anxiety and find strength before sending her eldest son away overseas in this Sundance Grand Jury Prize-nominated drama.
"Irene (co-writer Karine Teles, Riscado) 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 (Konstantinos Sarris, TV's Dark Days), suddenly announces he has been recruited by a professional handball team in Germany and will be leaving in just three weeks. Consummate caretaker Irene prickles at the idea of emancipating the 16-year-old so he can travel and live alone, and she becomes increasingly anxious about what her future holds." (Sundance Film Festival)
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95 %19 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
79 %39 reviewsAudience score rating
"A warm and wonderfully universal love story that comes across surprisingly unconventional for something so familiar ..."
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Variety
Variety"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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Screen Daily
Screen Daily"Without pandering to audience sympathy, [Teles] creates an exceptionally sympathetic focal point for a story that embraces the messy tenderness of life as it's lived."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood ReporterLoveling (Benzinho) | Details
- Rating
- M, Coarse language
- Runtime
- 95
- Genre
- Drama
- Country of origin
- Brazil, Uruguay, Germany
