Second Run has detailed its upcoming Blu-ray release of Pedro Costa's film Vitalina Varela (2019). The release will be available for purchase on May 18.
Following on from his extraordinary works Horse Money, Colossal Youth, Casa de Lava and Blood, Vitalina Varela is the latest film from Pedro Costa.
Winner of the prestigious 'Best Film' and 'Best Actress' Awards at the 2019 Locarno Film Festival, and the Silver Hugo Jury Prize at the Chicago International Film Festival, Vitalina Varela also polls at #10 in Sight & Sound magazine's '50 Best Films of 2019'.
Costa's film follows the titular Vitalina, a woman left behind in Cape Verde when her husband leaves to find work in Portugal. Years later, she finally makes the journey to Lisbon herself but arrives three days after his funeral. Alone and isolated in her late husband's home, Vitalina is determined to persevere and confront the ghosts of the past.