Farewell Amor

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Farewell Amor

2020,

1h 41m,

Drama

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After 17 years apart, Angolan immigrant Walter is joined in the U.S. by his wife and teen daughter. Now absolute strangers sharing a one bedroom Brooklyn apartment, they struggle to overcome the emotional distance between them. Walter is trying to let go of a previous relationship while his wife Esther struggles with a new country, culture and a husband who seems distant. Their daughter Sylvia is a dancer just like her father, and while she also finds her new life difficult, she bravely starts to explore the city and show herself through dance. The film is both a universal immigrant story and the unique perspective of three characters bound together by history and hope. It is an intimate and deeply personal look at an inter-generational tale that has defined America since its inception.

Critics Consensus

A striking debut feature for writer-director Ekwa Msangi, Farewell Amor movingly captures the fallout from a long-separated family's reunion.

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Derek Smith

Slant Magazine

Jun 23, 2022

Ekwa Msangi’s debut feature attempts to give a fresh spin on the American immigrant story.

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Mark Kermode

Kermode & Mayo's Film Review

Dec 30, 2020

The best thing I can say about Farewell Amor is that it's its own movie, the opposite of I'm Thinking of Ending Things...

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Joe Morgenstern

Wall Street Journal

Dec 29, 2020

One 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. Another strength, and a huge one, is Mr. Mwine's portrayal of Walter.

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Isobel Nutbrown

Loud and Clear Reviews

Jan 18, 2025

4.5/5

Farewell Amor is an understated, beautifully executed illustration of an all too common, yet underrepresented, experience – a family desperate to find their feet, in a world that has moved on without them.

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Geoffrey Macnab

iNews.co.uk

Jan 16, 2025

4/5

As family melodrama, this is therefore low voltage but it is still a film full of insight and charm.

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Jillian Chilingerian

Offscreen With Jillian

Aug 30, 2023

Writer-Director Ekwa Msangi uses attention to detail to beautifully construct this narrative.

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Synopsis

After 17 years apart, Angolan immigrant Walter is joined in the U.S. by his wife and teen daughter. Now absolute strangers sharing a one bedroom Brooklyn apartment, they struggle to overcome the emotional distance between them. Walter is trying to let go of a previous relationship while his wife Esther struggles with a new country, culture and a husband who seems distant. Their daughter Sylvia is a dancer just like her father, and while she also finds her new life difficult, she bravely starts to explore the city and show herself through dance. The film is both a universal immigrant story and the unique perspective of three characters bound together by history and hope. It is an intimate and deeply personal look at an inter-generational tale that has defined America since its inception.

Director: Ekwa Msangi
Producer: Huriyyah Muhammad, Sam Bisbee, Josh Penn, Ekwa Msangi, Bobby Allen, Joe Plummer
Screenwriter: Ekwa Msangi
Distributor: IFC Films
Production Co: Jhumka Films, Department of Motion Pictures, Lucky 13 Productions, Outrageous Pictures, LUCKFILM, MUBI, Park Pictures, Wavelength Productions, MACRO
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 11, 2020, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 11, 2020
Box Office (Gross USA): $4.7K
Runtime: 1h 41m

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