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.
-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.
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