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• Drama
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• 2019
• Pablo Larraín
• 106 mins
• 15

Summary

Drama starring Mariana Di Giroamo and Gael García Bernal. Dancer Ema and her husband Gastón decide to "return" their troubled adopted son, leading to fissures in their marriage, their work and their social lives.

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A star rating of 5 out of 5.

Emma Simmonds

A hellraising, booty-shaking and emotionally pulverising drama, Ema is the latest showstopper from Chilean director Pablo Larraín. Taking fear of female empowerment as its starting point, the story begins with the titular dancer (the entrancing Mariana Di Girolamo) having handed back her adopted son, to the horror of those around her. As Ema and her older choreographer husband (regular Larrain collaborator Gael García Bernal) lambast each other with astonishing ferocity and Ema visibly struggles with her guilt, the film seems steeped in sadism and bitter regret. Yet Ema is a woman of (not necessarily wise) action and, armed with a flamethrower, sets about forcing a reunion with her child. Ema is every female-related moral panic made manifest - she's a reckless mother, voracious lover and master manipulator, with a tendency to break into dance that makes her impossible to contain. It's a thrillingly intelligent characterisation at the centre of a frequently rousing film. Appropriately fluid camerawork and a vivid visual palette are the icing on top of a wonderfully provocative and confounding confection.

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6.7/10

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Cast

rolenameEmaMariana Di GirolamoGastónGael García BernalPoloCristián SuárezAníbalSantiago CabreraRaquelPaola GianniniPerlaJosefina FiebelkornSoniaGiannina FrutteroRenataAntonia GiesenPaulinaSusana Hidalgo

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rolenameDirectorPablo Larraín

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Theatrical distributor

MUBI

Released on

2020-05-02

Languages

Spanish

Guidance

nudity, swearing

Available on

DVD

Formats

Colour

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