Bless Me, Ultima

Não precisava da narração em primeira pessoa, aliás é prejudicial por quebrar o suspense do filme. Um filme com cara de Sessão da Tarde com um desfecho em certa medida previsível. O roteiro não é fechado no relacionamento entre a curandeira e o garotinho e tenta abordar…

Rodrigo Homsi

My class and I had to read this for English, and as a treat from (almost) finishing it, my teacher let us watch the movie. (even though we have to write and in-class-essay on Thursday rip,,,) Anyways, there's many things wrong with this adaptation, bu also very right…

steph

watched this in spanish

scboob

Seriously? Not a single mention of the golden carp? That’s the whole point of the book.  Terrible.

bdorfonfilms

Never read the book, was only interested in completing Carl Franklin's filmography. Not a fan. Found the dialogue and acting pretty stiff, and the whole thing just felt like a real endurance test. Carl Franklin Ranked

finchsam

didn’t like how they didnt rlly mention any of antonios dreams or the golden carp craze. it get the main point across i guess so i hope this helps me during my english test tmrw since i only read up to chapter 6 and didn’t read since we read like 5 pages for…

talia ( ˊ̱˂˃ˋ̱ )

loved it when antonio said Bless Me Ultima and then ultima blessed everywhere

delciats

The screen translation of Rudolfo Anaya's respected book may leave a few things out but it is still a worthwhile film, mixing a touching coming-of-age story with Magical Realism and also serving as a lovely time capsule of the post-WWII southwest with beautiful scenic…

Bob Hovey

There is a new addition to the Márez household and word has it that she is no ordinary person. Her name is Ultima (Miriam Colon) and there are those believe that she is a bruja, a witch, while others refer to her as a curandera, a gifted being with great powers of healing.…

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