The tragedy may be even worse when it comes to friends. The drama began somewhere in Santiago in a nightclub, where everything was fine for Orlando, the owner of the glamorous textile company and his friendship with Marina, a hopeful singer. Life turns into a tragedy after the birthday of Marina, where Orlando is in a serious condition. The next morning, Orlando dies and the celebrations turn into deep sadness.
When the screen went dark prior to running the final credits, I assumed for an instant that some small initial section had come to a close. In fact, an hour and three quarters had gone by.
A Fantastic Woman represents a bold step forward, but also stands alone as a great, always relevant study of resilience in the face of a thoughtless and cowardly world.
A Fantastic Woman questions the kind of poisonous and daily intolerance that sounds almost innocent and arises more from ignorance than from evil and hatred. [Full Review in Spanish]
"A Fantastic Woman" is the role of a lifetime for Vega, but let's hope it's just the start of a career, not the end.
Sydney Morning Herald
February 22, 2018
A Fantastic Woman displays the same unblinking intensity that distinguished Jackie (2017), Chilean director Pablo Larrain's study of Jackie Kennedy in the week following JFK's assassination.
Vega's performance is riveting, but writer and co-director Sebastián Leilo's use of sex and gender to shape his narrative is straight out of a '50s melodrama.
