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Once Upon a Time Was I, Verônica

Play trailer Poster for Once Upon a Time Was I, Verônica 2012,  1h 31m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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Veronica graduates from medical school and navigates through passionate affairs, dicey career moves and harrowing life decisions as she settles down in Brazil's most violent city.

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Drew Hunt Chicago Reader Dec 11, 2014
Shot in the same urban slum as Kleber Filho's Neighboring Sounds, this relentlessly bleak character study offers a disheartening glimpse of contemporary Brazilian life. Go to Full Review
Peter Rainer Christian Science Monitor Dec 4, 2014
B-
It's all a bit dissolute and daffy, but at least her prescription for happiness doesn't come out of a bottle. Go to Full Review
Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times Nov 26, 2014
"Veronica" is the kind of small film from a faraway country that would be easy not to notice as the waves of major studio releases crash onto theatrical shores. But that would be a pity. Go to Full Review
Nicholas Bell IONCINEMA.com Sep 12, 2019
3.5/5
"Veronica" is a refreshing and subtle examination of its protagonist's emotional development. Go to Full Review
Pat Padua Spectrum Culture Aug 28, 2018
1.5/5
It's neither entertaining as sexploitation nor successful as art. Go to Full Review
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Kylo W Sep 11, 2018 Anchored by Hermila Guedes's committed performance, this is an interesting and nuanced portrait of discontent, anhedonia and the unbearable weight of apathy in a decadent Brazilian city, even if it becomes repetitious after a while and doesn't really seem to go anywhere in the end. See more
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Cast & Crew

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Marcelo Gomes

Director

Hermila Guedes

Verônica

João Miguel

Gustavo

W.J. Solha

Zé Maria

Renata Roberta

Maria

Inaê Verissimo

Ciça

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Once Upon a Time Was I, Verônica

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Movie Info

Synopsis Veronica graduates from medical school and navigates through passionate affairs, dicey career moves and harrowing life decisions as she settles down in Brazil's most violent city.
Director
Marcelo Gomes
Producer
Sara Silveira, João Vieira Jr.
Screenwriter
Marcelo Gomes
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Brazilian Portuguese
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 3, 2020
Box Office (Gross USA)
$2.2K
Runtime
1h 31m
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