Mars One

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Mars One

TV-MA,

2023,

1h 55m,

Drama/

LGBTQ+

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50+ Ratings

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The Martins family are optimistic dreamers, quietly leading their lives in the margins of a major Brazilian city following the disappointing inauguration of a far-right extremist president. A lower-middle-class Black family, they feel the strain of their new reality as the political dust settles. Tércia, the mother, reinterprets her world after an unexpected encounter leaves her wondering if she's cursed. Her husband, Wellington, puts all of his hopes into the soccer career of their son, Deivinho, who reluctantly follows his father's ambitions despite secretly aspiring to study astrophysics and colonize Mars. Meanwhile, their older daughter, Eunice, falls in love with a free-spirited young woman and ponders whether it's time to leave home.

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Critics Consensus

An earthbound story with its eyes on the stars, Mars One finds universally resonant themes within one Brazilian family's specific struggles.

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Lovia Gyarkye

The Hollywood Reporter

Jan 10, 2023

Mars One revels in the lives of its characters, taking a leisurely and scenic route to understanding their dreams and realities.

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Jude Dry

IndieWire

Jan 6, 2023

A-

Mars One nimbly centers each of its four main characters, elegantly weaving their stories into a poignant familial whole. All relatable, flawed, and charming in their own ways, they antagonize each other without anyone losing their humanity.

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Carlos Aguilar

TheWrap

Jan 6, 2023

By slowly introducing each of the four family members’ individual concerns in a mostly seamless manner, Martins immerses the viewer in his deftly written, multifaceted story of interpersonal growth.

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Filipe Freitas

Always Good Movies

Feb 16, 2023

3/5

It’s the sincerity of the approach that keeps the film afloat at an early stage, but Mars One becomes more artificial, even melodramatic towards the end.

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Wade Major

FilmWeek (LAist)

Jan 18, 2023

A beautiful family portrait.

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Barbara Shulgasser

Common Sense Media

Jan 11, 2023

2/5

It can be difficult to know what's going on as we watch these faces while we hear unexplained events going on around them. This is a good way of keeping a film's budget down, but not a good way of making things clear to the audience.

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Gabriel Martins

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Rejane Faria

Tércia

Carlos Francisco

Wellington

Camilla Damião

Eunice

Cícero Lucas

Deivinho

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Synopsis

The Martins family are optimistic dreamers, quietly leading their lives in the margins of a major Brazilian city following the disappointing inauguration of a far-right extremist president. A lower-middle-class Black family, they feel the strain of their new reality as the political dust settles. Tércia, the mother, reinterprets her world after an unexpected encounter leaves her wondering if she's cursed. Her husband, Wellington, puts all of his hopes into the soccer career of their son, Deivinho, who reluctantly follows his father's ambitions despite secretly aspiring to study astrophysics and colonize Mars. Meanwhile, their older daughter, Eunice, falls in love with a free-spirited young woman and ponders whether it's time to leave home.

Director: Gabriel Martins
Producer: Thiago Macêdo Correia, André Novais Oliveira, Gabriel Martins, Maurilio Martins
Screenwriter: Gabriel Martins
Distributor: ARRAY Releasing
Rating: TV-MA (Language|Nudity|Smoking)
Genre: Drama, LGBTQ+
Original Language: Brazilian Portuguese
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 5, 2023, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 5, 2023
Runtime: 1h 55m

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