Found Memories

2011, Drama, 1h 38m

12 Reviews 250+ Ratings

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Movie Info

Rita, a photographer, arrives in Jotuomba intent on capturing the village's special allure on film. While there, she learns how to make bread from Madalena and is welcomed until she asks about the locked cemetery.

Genre:

drama
Original Language:

Portuguese (Brazil)
Director:

Júlia Murat
Producer:

Júlia Murat, Lúcia Murat, Julia Solomonoff, Christian Boudier, Juliette Lepoutre, Marie-Pierre Macia, Felicitas Raffo
Writer:

Júlia Murat, Felipe Sholl, Maria Clara Escobar
Release Date (Streaming):

Dec 2, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA):

$7.5K
Runtime:

1h 38m
Production Co:

MPM Film

Cast & Crew

Lisa Fávero
Rita

Sonia Guedes
Madalena

Ricardo Merkin
Padre

Luiz Serra
Antonio

Antônio dos Santos
Carlos

Nelson Justiniano
Moacir

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Critics Consensus: Snow White and the Huntsman Isn’t the Fairest of Them All

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Critic Reviews for Found Memories

All Critics (12) | Top Critics (6) | Fresh (11) | Rotten (1)

The drama in "Found Memories" is subdued, sometimes almost invisible, but it moves with quiet assurance toward a startling conclusion.

May 31, 2012 | Rating: 4/5

A.O. Scott
New York Times
The feeling of twilight permeates Found Memories, which doesn't feel so much like a tale of discovery as it does a eulogy.

May 31, 2012 | Full Review…

Andrew Lapin
NPR
Initially treated like the parasite she appears to be, over the course of this crisp, gracefully inflected meditation on time's passage, Rita develops the interest in her subjects that turns an image into more than stolen light.

May 29, 2012 | Full Review…

Michelle Orange
Village Voice
Brazilian filmmaker Jlia Murat's first narrative feature is a mesmerizing, slow-build marvel.

May 29, 2012 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Eric Hynes
Time Out
A pic immersed in the passage of time.

May 1, 2012 | Full Review…

Jay Weissberg
Variety
Julia Murat shows a fine grasp of form, letting her technique reflect the elements and moods of her story.

March 19, 2012 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

R. Kurt Osenlund
Slant Magazine
Found Memories is a moving tribute to memories we hold dear to ourselves. Murat's sensitive, leisurely storytelling style reminds me of magic realism in Latin American literary tradition.

February 28, 2021 | Full Review…

Dustin Chang
Floating World
Beautifully shot and beautifully scored, its languid pace only makes you like the cast more and helps create a fairytale-like atmosphere without seeming fake.

January 14, 2020 | Full Review…

Ard Vijn
ScreenAnarchy
If a supernatural intepretation is correct, is the village's fate melancholy or enviable? Is an eternity of old age pleasant or pointless?

June 18, 2013 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

John Beifuss
Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)
Caffeinate yourself--severely--before this one.

June 5, 2012 | Full Review…

David Noh
Film Journal International
Ambicioso, corajoso e aponta sua diretora como um nome a ser observado de agora em diante.

May 31, 2012 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Pablo Villaça
Cinema em Cena
A visually poetic parabolic drama about aging, death, community, hospitality, and transformation.

March 22, 2012 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality & Practice

The drama in "Found Memories" is subdued, sometimes almost invisible, but it moves with quiet assurance toward a startling conclusion.

May 31, 2012 | Rating: 4/5

A.O. Scott
New York Times
The feeling of twilight permeates Found Memories, which doesn't feel so much like a tale of discovery as it does a eulogy.

May 31, 2012 | Full Review…

Andrew Lapin
NPR
Initially treated like the parasite she appears to be, over the course of this crisp, gracefully inflected meditation on time's passage, Rita develops the interest in her subjects that turns an image into more than stolen light.

May 29, 2012 | Full Review…

Michelle Orange
Village Voice
Brazilian filmmaker Jlia Murat's first narrative feature is a mesmerizing, slow-build marvel.

May 29, 2012 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Eric Hynes
Time Out
Found Memories is a moving tribute to memories we hold dear to ourselves. Murat's sensitive, leisurely storytelling style reminds me of magic realism in Latin American literary tradition.

February 28, 2021 | Full Review…

Dustin Chang
Floating World
Beautifully shot and beautifully scored, its languid pace only makes you like the cast more and helps create a fairytale-like atmosphere without seeming fake.

January 14, 2020 | Full Review…

Ard Vijn
ScreenAnarchy
If a supernatural intepretation is correct, is the village's fate melancholy or enviable? Is an eternity of old age pleasant or pointless?

June 18, 2013 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

John Beifuss
Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)
Caffeinate yourself--severely--before this one.

June 5, 2012 | Full Review…

David Noh
Film Journal International
Ambicioso, corajoso e aponta sua diretora como um nome a ser observado de agora em diante.

May 31, 2012 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Pablo Villaça
Cinema em Cena
A visually poetic parabolic drama about aging, death, community, hospitality, and transformation.

March 22, 2012 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality & Practice

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Audience Reviews for Found Memories

Jul 15, 2012

A contemplative work of intense narrative and visual poetry, using a simple yet strongly resonant story to raise delicate musings about the transience of life and the emotional power of our memories - how we perceive them and their importance as time passes and we age.

Carlos M Super Reviewer