Once Upon a Time Was I, Verônica

Director: Marcelo Gomes
Writer: Marcelo Gomes
Cast: Hermila Guedes, WJ Solha
Language: Portuguese
Theatrical Release Date:
Festivals: Toronto International Film Festival

Synopsis: In the throes of an existential crisis, a newly graduated medical student seeks meaning in bodily pleasures in this brooding, sensual and thoroughly remarkable study of modern-day alienation from Brazilian director Marcelo Gomes. [Synopsis courtesy of TIFF]

Reviews

Indiewire Reviews

TIFF Capsule Review: 'Once Upon a Time Was I, Veronica'

Life on one street in the sprawling Brazilian metropolis of Recife was explored as a microcosm of Brazil in Kleber Mendonça Filho’s masterful “Neighboring Sounds” earlier this year. The feature “Once Upon a Time Was I, Veronica,” from director Marcelo Gomes, is also set in Recife, though this character study is more narrowly focused than “Sounds.” It follows the titular protagonist (Hermila Guedes) as she starts working at a hospital after years of medical school and finds that treating patients isn’t quite as thrilling as she believed it would be. But that’s far from her only wo...
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102 Reviews From the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival

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