Critic Reviews
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Jonathan Curiel, San Francisco Chronicle
For those who've never before heard fado, Fados will be a revelation -- a window into a music that (like blues music) can be poetic, heartbreaking, melodramatic and redemptive, all at the same time.
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Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
Never is his film less than cinematic.
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Dan Kois, Washington Post
That you very likely know nothing about who those legends are concerns Saura not at all; made for aficionados, Fados is virtually context-free.
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V.A. Musetto, New York Post
In total, there are more than a dozen performance pieces, all stylishly lensed.
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Manohla Dargis, New York Times
Fados is Carlos Saura's big-screen film about the musical genre that is the soul music of Portugal.
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