The Heiresses: reviews

What the critics say average 8.2 from 5 outlets

• 10 VarietyJay Weissberg "The film exquisitely balances character study with shrewd commentary on the precarious hierarchy of class distinctions, the turbulent persistence of sexual desire and the lingering privileges of Paraguay's elite". Read
• 8.0 The GuardianPeter Bradshaw Martinessi shrewdly combines subtlety, melancholy, satirical observation and candour about sex. Read
• 8.0 New York TimesA. O. Scott This isn?t a perfect movie - sometimes the machinery of plot-focused screenwriting hums a little too insistently, especially toward the end, disrupting the quieter, richer music of everyday life - but its clearsighted sensitivity makes it a satisfying one. Read
• 8.0 ABCAntonio Weinrichter It's an intimate film that prefers the silence and the elipsis rather than the underlining or the big melodramatic conflicts. Read
• 7.0 The Hollywood ReporterDavid Rooney "Subdued to a fault, the drama nonetheless builds emotional involvement by infinitesimal degrees through its acute observation of characters and social context and its ultra-naturalistic performances". Read
• El MundoLuis Martínez "More than masterly, Ana Brun, exciting, silent, fierce and contained at the same time, immense, (...) A beautiful exercise in desperate cinema." Read
• Screen DailyWendy Ide "There is much to admire for those who chime with the languid rhythms and language of loaded sidelong glances". Read
• Cine PremiereCarlos Jesús González "The style of direction he has printed in his debut is as solid as the ones from other renowned filmmakers." Read