Chicago – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com audio film review on the new Pablo Larrain film “Ema,” a Chilean Film distributed in the U.S. by Music Box Films of Chicago. In select theaters, including the Music Box Theatre. beginning August 13th, 2021.
Rating: 4.0/5.0
The director of 2016’s Jaqueline Kennedy bio Jackie, Pablo Larrain, follows up with “Ema,” featuring Mariana Di Girolamo as the title character, a dancer married to choreographer Gaston (Gael Garcia Bernal), but their marriage is haunted by a failed adoption. Their union begins also to fail, and it affects the pair’s professional dance partnership. In the meantime, Ema bursts out into a new rhythm of life, bringing in old and new relationships into her web, to figure out what is next.
“Ema” is in select theaters (see local listings) beginning on August 13th. Featuring Mariana Di Girolamo, Gael Garcia Bernal, Santiago Cabrera, Paola Giannini and Giannina Fruttero.
Rating: 4.0/5.0
The director of 2016’s Jaqueline Kennedy bio Jackie, Pablo Larrain, follows up with “Ema,” featuring Mariana Di Girolamo as the title character, a dancer married to choreographer Gaston (Gael Garcia Bernal), but their marriage is haunted by a failed adoption. Their union begins also to fail, and it affects the pair’s professional dance partnership. In the meantime, Ema bursts out into a new rhythm of life, bringing in old and new relationships into her web, to figure out what is next.
“Ema” is in select theaters (see local listings) beginning on August 13th. Featuring Mariana Di Girolamo, Gael Garcia Bernal, Santiago Cabrera, Paola Giannini and Giannina Fruttero.
- 8/15/2021
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Dancer drama premiered at Venice this year.
Streaming service and theatrical distributor Mubi has taken UK and Ireland rights to Ema, Pablo Larraín’s dancer drama that premiered at Venice earlier this month. The Match Factory is handling international rights to the film.
The film stars Gael García Bernal and Mariana Di Girolamo and centres on the eponymous Ema, a talented dancer who rethinks her life after a shocking incident upends her family life and marriage to a tempestuous choreographer.
It was written by Guillermo Calderón, Alejandro Moreno and Larraín and produced by Fabula’s Juan de Dios Larraín. Paola Giannini...
Streaming service and theatrical distributor Mubi has taken UK and Ireland rights to Ema, Pablo Larraín’s dancer drama that premiered at Venice earlier this month. The Match Factory is handling international rights to the film.
The film stars Gael García Bernal and Mariana Di Girolamo and centres on the eponymous Ema, a talented dancer who rethinks her life after a shocking incident upends her family life and marriage to a tempestuous choreographer.
It was written by Guillermo Calderón, Alejandro Moreno and Larraín and produced by Fabula’s Juan de Dios Larraín. Paola Giannini...
- 9/27/2019
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Movies have been named after far less interesting forces than the protagonist of Ema. Played with unblinking gravitas by the Chilean television actress Mariana Di Girólamo (a remarkable find), Ema is a contemporary dancer who stalks the neon lit streets of the Chilean port city of Valparaíso in track bottoms, cropped leopard-print tops, and slicked back peroxide blonde hair. She also has a propensity for arson. In the film she leaves her partner Gaston–who is the choreographer of her dance troupe (and also maybe gay)–in order to dance to Reggaeton hits on a rundown tarmac football pitch. The film is utterly infatuated with her.
Ema was directed by Pablo Larraín, one of the finest filmmakers to emerge in this young century. The son of wealthy conservatives, his work to date has tended towards leftist politics. Ema is Larraín at his most freeform, an unorthodox feature built around Di Girólamo that is,...
Ema was directed by Pablo Larraín, one of the finest filmmakers to emerge in this young century. The son of wealthy conservatives, his work to date has tended towards leftist politics. Ema is Larraín at his most freeform, an unorthodox feature built around Di Girólamo that is,...
- 9/11/2019
- by Rory O'Connor
- The Film Stage
Chilean director Pablo Larraín had a major 2016, releasing three films in the United States with The Club, Neruda, and his English-language debut Jackie. With his post-9/11 drama The True American delayed, he embarked on a smaller feature in his native country. Ema is a dance-focused drama starring frequent collaborator Gael García Bernal and newcomer Mariana Di Girolamo. The script written by Guillermo Calderon (Neruda) and Alejandro Moreno follows Bernal as a dance choreographer and Di Girolamo as his schoolteacher wife. As they face the hardships of a failed adoption, they will express themselves through dance.
Now set for a world premiere at Venice Film Festival before coming to Tiff, the first trailer has now arrived which shows off no shortage of striking choreography and imagery intertwined with a heartfelt story of self-discovery. Also starring Paola Giannini and Santiago Cabrera, see the trailer and poster below, and return for our review.
Now set for a world premiere at Venice Film Festival before coming to Tiff, the first trailer has now arrived which shows off no shortage of striking choreography and imagery intertwined with a heartfelt story of self-discovery. Also starring Paola Giannini and Santiago Cabrera, see the trailer and poster below, and return for our review.
- 8/30/2019
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Chilean filmmaker Pablo Larraín never does the same thing twice, upending seemingly staid narrative concepts into fresh explorations of both humanity and cinema. His latest, “Ema,” seems poised to do the same thing, taking another well-trod idea (“a husband and wife deal with a family tragedy in very different ways”) and turning it into something very different (read: a dance film).
The new film reunites Larraín with his frequent collaborator Gael García Bernal, who previously worked with Larraín on “No” and “Neruda,” opposite Chilean actress Mariana Di Girolamo as the title character. The duo star as a married couple, he a choreographer and she a dancer, dealing with the fallout of a horrific incident perpetrated by their young adopted son. For Ema, that includes returning to her street dancing roots, though the trailer hints at a deeper meaning that goes beyond her need to physically express herself.
Last August, Larraín...
The new film reunites Larraín with his frequent collaborator Gael García Bernal, who previously worked with Larraín on “No” and “Neruda,” opposite Chilean actress Mariana Di Girolamo as the title character. The duo star as a married couple, he a choreographer and she a dancer, dealing with the fallout of a horrific incident perpetrated by their young adopted son. For Ema, that includes returning to her street dancing roots, though the trailer hints at a deeper meaning that goes beyond her need to physically express herself.
Last August, Larraín...
- 8/29/2019
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
After highlighting 50 anticipated titles confirmed to arrive in theaters this fall, we now turn our attention to the festival-bound films either without distribution or awaiting a release date. Looking over Venice International Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, and New York Film Festival titles (as well as a few likely Telluride contenders), we’ve rounded up 20 movies–most of which we’ll be checking out over the next few weeks–that we can’t wait to see–and will hopefully land a U.S. release soon.
Check out our 20 most-anticipated festival premieres below, and return for our reviews.
About Endlessness (Roy Andersson) – Venice and Tiff
During the five-year wait since A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence, the closing chapter of Roy Andersson’s Living trilogy, the filmmaker hasn’t exactly been resting on his laurels. Andersson began production as early as February 2017 on his newest work About Endlessness,...
Check out our 20 most-anticipated festival premieres below, and return for our reviews.
About Endlessness (Roy Andersson) – Venice and Tiff
During the five-year wait since A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence, the closing chapter of Roy Andersson’s Living trilogy, the filmmaker hasn’t exactly been resting on his laurels. Andersson began production as early as February 2017 on his newest work About Endlessness,...
- 8/26/2019
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Film will play in Competition on the Lido before heading to Toronto.
Ahead of its premiere in Competition at Venice Film Festival, Pablo Larraín’s hotly anticipated dance drama Ema has been boarded by Colonge-based sales outfit The Match Factory.
Gael García Bernal and Mariana Di Girolamo lead the cast of the film, which follows the titular Ema, a talented dancer who sets out on a quest to reset her life after a shocking incident upends her family life and marriage to a tempestuous choreographer.
The film was written by Guillermo Calderón, Alejandro Moreno and Pablo Larraín and produced Fabula’s Juan de Dios Larraín.
Ahead of its premiere in Competition at Venice Film Festival, Pablo Larraín’s hotly anticipated dance drama Ema has been boarded by Colonge-based sales outfit The Match Factory.
Gael García Bernal and Mariana Di Girolamo lead the cast of the film, which follows the titular Ema, a talented dancer who sets out on a quest to reset her life after a shocking incident upends her family life and marriage to a tempestuous choreographer.
The film was written by Guillermo Calderón, Alejandro Moreno and Pablo Larraín and produced Fabula’s Juan de Dios Larraín.
- 8/1/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
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