Madalena

[Available Feb. 3 via streaming on MUBI.] After the body of a transsexual Brazilian woman (Chloe Milan) is found in a lush and vast soybean field in Madiano Marcheti's compelling, award-winning, dark, realistic, 86-minute, 2018 film that consists of three disconnected vignettes and is highlighted by gorgeous cinematography, a Vespa-riding nightclub hostess (Natália Mazarim) searches for her friend who owes her money, the bodybuilding son (Rafael de Bona) of the wealthy agribusiness owner tries to cover up the death after discovering the corpse in an attempt to protect his politically ambitious mother, and a transsexual friend (Pâmella Yulle) and her cohorts divvy up the belongings of the deceased.
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