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An eerily relevant debut from writer-director Iuli Gerbase, The Pink Cloud reaches into the emotional fault lines of pandemic life and comes away with striking observations about human behavior.
Bilge Ebiri New York Magazine/Vulture I was impressed, agitated, terrified, depressed by this movie - but I also couldn't help feeling like I had maybe not ultimately seen the film its director wanted me to see. Jan 21, 2022 Full Review Robert Abele Los Angeles Times If you're game for an emerging filmmaking talent's stingingly uncanny foretelling, "The Pink Cloud" is an arresting examination of what it can look like when existence is misshaped into a compromised destiny. Jan 20, 2022 Full Review Michael O'Sullivan Washington Post "The Pink Cloud" is prescient and mildly affecting, if also susceptible to the question: Is it too soon to be watching a pandemic allegory while we're still living through a pandemic? Rated: 2/4 Jan 20, 2022 Full Review Sarah Boslaugh TheArtsStl This film feels surprisingly calm and reassuring. In a world weary from a global pandemic, that’s worth a lot. Mar 5, 2022 Full Review Dennis Harvey 48 Hills It’s an intelligent, well-crafted drama, though I’m not sure whether it benefits or suffers from an imaginatively-conceived story that fate has instead rendered all too experientially familiar. Mar 4, 2022 Full Review Douglas Davidson Elements of Madness ... "The Pink Cloud" is a searing and raw experience, ripping up centuries of patriarchal thinking and holding it to the light. Rated: 3.5/5 Mar 1, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews
Lorry S Spoiler alert: I would have liked to have known what caused it. If it ever stopped. The ending more definitive.I But.....I did like the story about how people are different with coping with such a dilemma. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 05/16/24 Full Review g A prophetic film that explores what our lives could have been like if the pandemic had been worse. For a movie that takes place entirely inside rooms - Gerbase finds ways to invent and reinvent possible changes in a relationship over time Fascinating Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/15/23 Full Review dave d The Pink Cloud is a Brazilian family drama about a couple that just met that has to go into quarantine seemingly forever because of a pink cloud. This was filmed before Covid, however there are some pretty eerie similarities. There a few things that don't make any sense, including how this poison air that prevents people from going outside doesn't seep into the houses that people reside. It's not a tight film, but time skips for no reason which makes the pacing inconsistent and awkward. The entire film is vague, but I haven't seen a movie in a long time that has such a self-important feel. The entirety does not amount to much and falls flat into the dustbin of cloudy unfocused features. Final Score: 3/10 Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review brent m Written in 2017 and filmed in 2019, filmmaker Iuli Gerbase's debut feature embodies a remarkable prescience about the events that came to dominate global culture over the next two years. This story about the unexpected appearance of pink clouds that contain toxic gases and kill quickly after exposure follows the experiences of a young couple who just met but are hurriedly forced indoors into joint isolation to stay alive. Their years-long time together leads to an on-again/off-again relationship while they each attempt to deal with issues related to survival, depression, a lack of interpersonal connection and all of the other matters that have ironically become all too familiar to many of us in recent years. But, beyond the uncanny parallels to real life, this Brazilian offering also explores a host of other philosophical and moral issues, such as acceptance of our circumstances, knowing when to let go and developing appreciation for what we have, even in the absence of what we've lost. Admittedly, the film suffers from occasional pacing issues (especially in the second half), as well as repetitiveness in some aspects of the screenplay/narrative. Nevertheless, this release has much to say, not only about what we've experienced, but also in terms of what we should consider taking away from it. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Maybe if this was released pre-COVID times it would be more shocking, but most of the movie is a slow and subtle descent into the type of monotony most of us have experienced during the lock down phases of the pandemic. I expected a bit more of an apocalyptic / sci-fi feel, but it is more of a family drama. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/20/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A mysterious and deadly pink cloud appears across the globe, forcing everyone to stay home. Strangers at the outset, Giovana and Yago try to invent themselves as a couple as years of shared lockdown pass. While Yago is living in his own utopia, Giovana feels trapped deep inside.
Director
Iuli Gerbase
Producer
Luciana Tomasi, Patricia Barbieri
Screenwriter
Iuli Gerbase
Distributor
Blue Fox Entertainment
Production Co
Prana Filmes
Rating
R (Brief Drug Use|Some Language|Sexual Content/Nudity)
Genre
Drama, Sci-Fi
Original Language
Brazilian Portuguese
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 14, 2022, Limited
Runtime
1h 55m
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