Clara Sola
critic Reviews
, 93% Certified Fresh Tomatometer Score- Discomfiting and dreamy, Clara Sola brings a sensual surreality to a story of oppressed autonomy, with debuting star Wendy Chinchilla Araya providing a mesmerizing focal point.
- , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreWendy IdeObserver (UK)
This atmospheric debut from Costa Rican-Swedish director Nathalie Álvarez Mesén combines mud, moss and mysticism to arresting effect.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreFinlay SpencerLittle White Lies
In the end, the metaphor gets in the way of the emotion.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScorePeter BradshawGuardian
Clara Sola is superbly filmed and composed with a very humid sense of atmosphere, and Araya’s performance is a miracle of sympathy and candour.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreAlexandra Heller-NicholasAWFJ.org
Clara Sola is a delicate, emotionally intelligent portrait of a woman finding her way in the world.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreAmy NicholsonFilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
Sometimes films like this are so murky and open to interpretation that it's kind of annoying, but I actually found this one really engaging.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreRobert AbeleLos Angeles Times
There might be no better time... to mainline a story about a repressed woman pushing at restrictions in her culturally conservative world, which Nathalie Álvarez Mesén’s “Clara Sola” offers up with a forestful of divine energy, artistry, and mystery.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreTina KakadelisBeyond the Cinerama Dome
Clara Sola shows what happens when enough finally becomes enough. A breaking point decades in the making over something that never should have been taken from Clara in the first place: her autonomy.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreRich ClineShadows on the Wall
Director-cowriter Natalie Alvarez Mesen takes a sharply observant approach, along the way finding wider insight into the ways outsiders struggle to find their voice.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreHector A. GonzalezInSession Film
Unfortunately, Clara Sola’s connections to Carrie bring it down a notch as it heads toward a familiar conclusion. Still, there’s great potential for the director’s future career...
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreAlfonso Flores-Durón y MartínezEn Filme
Nathalie Álvarez Mesén portrays a world that it's oppressive and suffocating despite unfolding in open spaces with fresh and green lushness, a relatable scenario for many people in many places in Latin America. [Full review in Spanish]
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