Reunited after 17 years, an Angolan immigrant is joined in the U.S. by his wife and daughter. Now strangers sharing a one-bedroom apartment, they discover a shared love of dance that may help them overcome the distance between them.... (Full plot summary below)
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Reunited after 17 years, an Angolan immigrant is joined in the U.S. by his wife and daughter. Now strangers sharing a one-bedroom apartment, they discover a shared love of dance that may help them overcome the distance between them.
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| Los Angeles TimesKevin CrustIts beauty lies in its empathy — something currently in short supply and therefore very welcome in the stories we consume. |
| The Hollywood ReporterBeandrea JulyUltimately, Farewell Amor is a heartening meditation on the meaning of home not just for one African immigrant family, but for all of mankind. |
| RogerEbert.comMonica CastilloWriter and director Ekwa Msangi constructs this nontraditional narrative with an attention to detail for each of these characters. Just as important as their conversations is their body language and how it shifts around one another. |
| IndieWireRyan LattanzioThe actors’ gifts are all heightened by Msangi’s delicate touch in this empathetic portrait of immigrant life in America that is, refreshingly, less interested in big drama than in a family quietly building itself back up when it may be too late. |
| The Observer (UK)Simran HansThere are three sides to every story in Ekwa Msangi’s vivid and carefully observed feature debut, and so she cleverly splits the film into thirds, replaying the action but changing the vantage point with each chapter. |
| Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternOne of the great strengths of Farewell Amor is its intimacy, the sense it conveys of three people close together yet emotionally distant in Walter’s small, narrow Brooklyn apartment. |
| Entertainment WeeklyMary SollosiIts gentle, understated tone belies Msangi’s careful attention to rhythm and detail, though the simplicity of the plot, particularly in a few mild contrivances, slightly undermines the story’s authenticity. |
| Movie NationRoger MooreThe script is a passing parade of grace notes, most delivered with a light touch. |
| The Film StageMatt CipollaMsangi pulls off something most filmmakers don’t: She adapts her own short film to a feature without stretching it out. |
| Film ThreatAlex SavelievThough Farewell Amor is not a “dance movie", it’s primarily about that moment when we dance - when everything else falls away, Amor takes over, and we bid our troubles farewell. |
