Nona (2017 film)

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Nona
Directed by Michael Polish
Written byMichael Polish
Produced byKate Bosworth
Starring
CinematographyMichael Polish
Edited byAidan Haley
Music by Stuart Matthewman
Production
company
Make Pictures
Distributed byNorth of Two
Release date
  • 10 September 2017 (2017-09-10)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesEnglish
Spanish

Nona is a 2017 American drama film directed by Michael Polish, starring Sulem Calderon, Jesy McKinney, Jasper Polish and Kate Bosworth.

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Reception

Lorry Kikta of Film Threat gave the film a score of 8/10 and wrote that the film "flies by in an hour and a half but somehow manages to encapsulate so much emotional truth and heartbreaking beauty over its short runtime." [1]

Nick Allen of RogerEbert.com rated the film 2.5 stars out of 4, writing that the film "struggles with a vital balance of Nona’s intimate perspective, and Polish’s desire to create atmosphere with an outsider's eye." [2]

Dennis Harvey of Variety wrote that the film "greatly improves if you view it not as a problematic, lopsided attempt to convey the personal danger and political urgency of current migration trends, but as a small, impressionistic two-character piece that veers earnestly if misguidedly into larger issues in its closing lap." [3]

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References

  1. Kikta, Lorry (20 December 2018). "Nona". Film Threat . Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  2. Allen, Nick (7 October 2018). "Nona". RogerEbert.com . Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  3. Harvey, Dennis (15 December 2018). "Film Review: 'Nona'". Variety . Retrieved 15 September 2022.