Beautiful, interesting, incredible cinema.
VIOLETA WENT TO HEAVEN
Violeta se fue a los cielos
Synopsis
A portrait of the famed Chilean singer and folklorist Violeta Parra, tracing her evolution from impoverished child to international sensation and Chile’s national hero, while capturing the swirling intensity of her inner contradictions, fallibilities, and passions.
Synopsis
A portrait of the famed Chilean singer and folklorist Violeta Parra, tracing her evolution from impoverished child to international sensation and Chile’s national hero, while capturing the swirling intensity of her inner contradictions, fallibilities, and passions.
Our take
A prizewinner at Sundance, and based on a biography written by Violeta Parra’s son, Ángel, this roving dramatization of the life of the legendary Chilean folk musician is an appropriately romantic, melancholy, and tragic tribute to this complicated figure. Led by a superb Francisca Gavilán.