Distinguished American wordsmith Elizabeth Bishop is renowned for her non-confessional, somewhat impersonal approach to poetry, as though peering in at the world from the outside and not always commenting from within. While certainly tender, she was sometimes described as being detached – and this Bruno Barreto biopic frustratingly abides by such a principle, almost shadowing that of its protagonist, as a film comes across as being a little disengaged.
Miranda Otto plays Elizabeth, as we look predominantly into her tragic lesbian love affair with the renowned Brazilian architect Lota de Macedo Soares (Glória Pires). Though initially flying over to the South American nation for a mere holiday to catch up with an old friend Mary (Tracy Middendorf), the poet finds herself falling hopelessly in love with Mary’s partner, and the pair enter into an illicit affair, causing Elizabeth to move in at the Brazilian property. However as their love grows ever stronger,...
Miranda Otto plays Elizabeth, as we look predominantly into her tragic lesbian love affair with the renowned Brazilian architect Lota de Macedo Soares (Glória Pires). Though initially flying over to the South American nation for a mere holiday to catch up with an old friend Mary (Tracy Middendorf), the poet finds herself falling hopelessly in love with Mary’s partner, and the pair enter into an illicit affair, causing Elizabeth to move in at the Brazilian property. However as their love grows ever stronger,...
- 4/17/2014
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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