1. Farewell Amor (2020) - MUBI
Reunited after a 17 year separation, Walter, an Angolan immigrant, is joined in the U.S. by his wife and teenage daughter. Now absolute strangers sharing a ...
Reunited after a 17 year separation, Walter, an Angolan immigrant, is joined in the U.S. by his wife and teenage daughter. Now absolute strangers sharing a one-bedroom apartment, they discover a shared love of dance that may help overcome the emotional distance between them.
2. Farewell Amor review: an immigrant family's wanderings | Sight and Sound
15 dec 2020 · ▶︎ Farewell Amor is streaming on Mubi from 18 December 2020. ... use of the site and the services we can offer. Find out more and ...
Ekwa Msangi's tender, understated melodrama adopts multiple perspectives to get under the skin of an Angolan immigrant family reunited in Brooklyn after 17 years apart.
3. Farewell Amor - Roffa Mon Amour
Farewell Amor (2020). Ekwa Msangi • 101 min • USA. After 17 years apart due to ... How would they start over?” In Farewell Amor, the immigrant story is ...
After 17 years apart due to visa issues, Walter reunites with his wife Esther and his daughter Silvya in New York. Following the precarious enthusiasm, the three Angolan family members soon realize that they are now strangers forced to live under the same roof. Esther is no longer the carefree wife that Walter remembers. She […]
4. Farewell Amor review – vivid immigrant story with a twist | Movies
20 dec 2020 · Life gets complicated for an Angolan cab driver in New York when his family arrive to join him after 17 years. Simran Hans. Sun 20 Dec 2020 ...
Life gets complicated for an Angolan cab driver exiled in New York when his family arrive to join him
5. 'Farewell Amor' Review: Immigrant Family Reunited After 17 Years - NPR
11 dec 2020 · An Immigrant Family Is Reunited After 17 Years In The Sweetly Moving 'Farewell Amor'. December 11, 202010:27 AM ET. Heard on Fresh Air.
The film opens in an airport where a man greets the wife and daughter he hasn't seen in years. Farewell Amor is a deeply empathetic story about the struggles and anxieties of one immigrant family.
6. Farewell Amor | Rotten Tomatoes
This simple tale of an Angolan immigrant family reunited after 17 years apart tells the story of how they seek to pick up the pieces and move on. Director Ekwa ...
After 17 years apart, Angolan immigrant Walter is joined in the U.S. by his wife and teen daughter. Now absolute strangers sharing a one bedroom Brooklyn apartment, they struggle to overcome the emotional distance between them. Walter is trying to let go of a previous relationship while his wife Esther struggles with a new country, culture and a husband who seems distant. Their daughter Sylvia is a dancer just like her father, and while she also finds her new life difficult, she bravely starts to explore the city and show herself through dance. The film is both a universal immigrant story and the unique perspective of three characters bound together by history and hope. It is an intimate and deeply personal look at an inter-generational tale that has defined America since its inception.
7. Farewell Amor (2020) (3/4): Still separated from each other
28 dec 2020 · The movie begins with the long-awaited reunion between a middle-aged Angolan emigrant named Walter (Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine) and his two family ...
“Farewell Amor”, which is currently available on MUBI, is a small but intimate emigrant drama about three good people struggling with the widening personal gaps among them. As the movie calmly and …
8. 'Farewell Amor' Review: Ekwa Msangi's Empathetic Immigrant ...
11 dec 2020 · The film begins in JFK airport, as Walter reunites with wife Esther and daughter Sylvia, who've made it to the U.S. after long-awaiting their ...
Ekwa Msangi's feature debut eschews big drama in favor of a minor-key portrait of a family putting itself back together.
9. FAREWELL AMOR | archive, 26th aiff 2020, festival darlings
... - FAREWELL AMOR - One of the most promising female directors of American independent cinema, to appear in recent years ... takes place in multi-racial modern-day ...
One of the most promising female directors of American independent cinema, to appear in recent years, is introduced to us through this heartfelt debut, which takes place in multi-racial modern-day New York. There, a migrant from Angola is reunited with his wife and teenage daughter both of whom he hasn’t seen in 17 years. However, the gap between them, created with the passing of time, can not easily be bridged, especially when each member of the family carries their own secret. A tender directorial approach, a script which embraces every single character and subtle nuanced performances in one of the greatest cinematic finds of 2020. The film is also available for screening on festival's digital platform. For additional information please visit online.aiff.gr.
10. 'Farewell Amor': Film Review | Sundance 2020
28 jan 2020 · ... City after almost two decades apart in her feature 'Farewell Amor ... Took Nearly 25 Years · united kingdom · How Does BAFTA Choose Its ...
Writer-director Ekwa Msangi follows an Angolan immigrant family newly reunited in New York City after almost two decades apart in her feature ‘Farewell Amor.’
11. LFF REVIEW: 'Farewell Amor' (2020) is an Impressive Trichotomous ...
10 okt 2020 · Having moved to the United States seventeen years ago, Walter (Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine) re-introduces himself to his wife and daughter who walk ...
Farewell Amor features many goodbyes, some more painful than others, but each farewell marks a new beginning.
