Review of El Planeta (2021) by Guy Lodge for Variety — 21 Mar 2021
There’s a fine, even invisible, line between dignity and denial in “El Planeta,” a fine-grained portrait of everyday poverty amid the lingering wreckage of the global financial crisis. Yet this pithy, distinctive debut feature from artist-turned-filmmaker Amalia Ulman eschews kitchen-sink realism for a deadpan vein of black comedy somewhere on the very wide spectrum between Lena Dunham and early Pedro Almodóvar.
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This review of El Planeta (2021) was written by Guy Lodge and published by Variety on 21 Mar 2021.
El Planeta has generally received positive reviews.
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