
An actress, Brigitte, is playing Barbara in a film that soon begins shooting. Brigitte works on her character, her voice, the songs and scores, the imitation of her gestures, her knitting, the lines to learn. Things move along. The character grows inside her. Invades her, even...Yves, the director, is also working - via encounters, archival footage, the music. He seems inhabited and inspired by her - But by whom? The actress or Barbara?... (Full plot summary below)
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An actress, Brigitte, is playing Barbara in a film that soon begins shooting. Brigitte works on her character, her voice, the songs and scores, the imitation of her gestures, her knitting, the lines to learn. Things move along. The character grows inside her. Invades her, even...Yves, the director, is also working - via encounters, archival footage, the music. He seems inhabited and inspired by her - But by whom? The actress or Barbara?
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| Caimán Cuadernos de CineJuanma RuizStrange and appealing, Barbara offers stimulating readings. [Full review in Spanish] |
| New York TimesGlenn KennyMr. Amalric plays Yves as a still-besotted fan of Barbara, and as a director he's a still-besotted fan of Ms. Balibar's. He is wise in his enthusiasms. |
| Slant MagazineChuck BowenIn Barbara, the process of filmmaking is shown to be a nesting series of shells that allow one to be simultaneously freed and lost. |
| El Pais (Spain)Javier OcañaAn explosion of formats and textures, layers of narrative, aesthetic, like vital onion layers, in which everything is confused and nothing is incomprehensible. [Full Review in Spanish] |
| El antepenúltimo mohicanoVíctor Blanes PicóBeyond a portrait, Barbara is also a polyhedral analysis and exalted of the process of construction of any character. [Full review in Spanish] |
| SensacineCarlos Losilla...a film so sincere, it sometimes seems unreal. [Full Review in Spanish] |
| Cinemanía (Spain)Daniel de PartearroyoA prodigious polyhedral dialog between archive, myth and representation that surpasses the musical biopic... [Full review in Spanish] |
| GuardianGuy LodgeAn oddly alluring film that does a double backflip on hokey showbiz-bio convention: not an informative introduction to the singer by any means, but a suitably eccentric evocation of her creative essence. |
| Cinema MovilOscar UrielFunny and caustic, the film ends up being a delight, although I doubt it has power outside of French lands. [Full review in Spanish] |
| Otroscines.comDiego BatlleA film if you want something chaotic and disjointed, but absolutely fascinating. [Full review in Spanish] |