Watch: Aquarius 2016 123movies, Full Movie Online – Clara, a 65 year old widow and retired music critic, was born into a wealthy and traditional family in Recife, Brazil. She is the last resident of the Aquarius, an original two-storey building, built in the 1940s, in the upper-class, seaside Boa Viagem Avenue, Recife. All the neighboring apartments have already been acquired by a company which has other plans for that plot. Clara has pledged to only leave her place upon her death, and will engage in a cold war of sorts with the company. This tension both disturbs Clara and gives her that edge on her daily routine. It also gets her thinking about her loved ones, her past and her future..
Plot: Clara, a vibrant former music critic and widow with flowing tresses is the only remaining apartment owner in a beautiful older building targeted for demolition by ruthless luxury high-rise developers. Clara proves to be a force to be reckoned with as she thwarts the builders plans to kick her out of the apartment.
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A good glance into the Brazilian urban everyday life
Aquarius is an interesting film, which has a good photography and a beautiful soundtrack, besides a compelling performance of the cast. Sonia Braga is great, playing a mature woman who stands for her rights and opinions. The story is shot in Recife and slowly presents the almost silent tug of war between Clara (Sonia) and the construction company. They want Clara sells them her apartment – the last one to be sold in the whole building – for the construction of a new property. The development of the characters is good, Kleber Mendonça Filho finds the correct pace for telling us Clara’s story, so we can see why is so important to her to stay living in that place. In the other side, we have enough clues of how bad the other people fight against Clara, because there’s real money and other interests involved. Although I think it worths watching, I recognize it is not a film for everyone; maybe some details only can be truly understood for people who has spent some time living in Brazil. I refer to the almost invisible social war between wealthy and poor people, represented in many subtle dialogues, gestures, and eye contact among characters. That’s why I don’t give 10, as a warning for non-Brazilian spectators.
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In Aquarius the social criticism usual in the Brazilian cinema is delivered by a strong protagonist inside a history about memory and the link between people and the materiality.-Spoilers (not much)-
We meet Clara, a 60 year old retired journalist and writer, who lives now alone in an old apartment building where once she got married and raised her children. There are no other residents and a pressure from a construction company (which bought all the other apartments) for the replacement of the building, so she needs to find strength in her memories to face the harassment that becomes more and more threatening.
Original Language pt
Runtime 2 hr 26 min (146 min)
Budget 762241
Revenue 285930
Status Released
Rated Not Rated
Genre Drama
Director Kleber Mendonça Filho
Writer Kleber Mendonça Filho
Actors Sonia Braga, Maeve Jinkings, Irandhir Santos
Country Brazil, France
Awards 47 wins & 47 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A
Sound Mix Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio 2.35 : 1
Camera Alexa XT (Main Camera), Arri Alexa, Red Epic
Laboratory O2 Pós (post-production laboratory)
Film Length N/A
Negative Format N/A
Cinematographic Process ARRIRAW (3.4K), EclairColor
Printed Film Format DCP