Movie reviews of Victor Fraga

Young Indian woman becomes completely silent after learning about her arranged marriage - quietly poignant and gently humorous drama... Review

Excruciatingly boring drama about Magdalene laundries boasts a top-drawer cast (including Cillian Murphy and Emily Watson) and has absolutely nothing relevant to say. Review

A heartwarming tale about the incessant desire to love, and the quest for freedom in the smallest and most trivial gestures. And a love letter to Iranian women – young and old – who are hungry for love. Review

The Letter Writer rescues the essence of simple and puerile romance. Review

Retrofuturistic animation ponders on authoritarianism and the suppression of individualism; the outcome is loud and messy. Review

Based on the eponymous novel by Andrey Kurkov, Grey Bees provides viewers with insight into the lives of two worn-out human beings at the twilight of life, and dangerously hanging by a thread to the only existence that they have ever known. Review

Mexican psychological thriller about a young man seeking justice for his mother's disappearance boasts multidimensional characters and unexpected twists. Review

We Are on Air boasts some very good moments – such as Fatima’s frustrated attempts at seducing her neighbour, and Vitor’s barely erotic and extremely contrived role play -, but it is also dogged by some flaws. Review

This is about as much as I could make out of the barely coherent movie plot. Review

The performances are entirely auspicious, however secondary to the gently framed imagery. Some of the most intense and dramatic moments are toned down in favour of the photography. Aesthetics often prevail above dramaturgy. Review

Psychosexual thriller about naked stranger gatecrashing into a family villa in Greece ruminates on philosophy, psychoanalysis, dance, overgrown pubes and mysterious holes. Review

Spanish drama about mistaken identity and death in an ugly and decadent port city is beautifully dissonant and strangely elegant, with a distinctive auteurial voice. Review

Anti-fairytale movie without images sets out to subvert the essence of the film experience, but instead just poisons and kills it. Review

76-minute drama is in reality a heartwarming tribute to individual and artistic freedoms. Review

A woman losing her memory reclaims her connection to reality after seeing Monica Vitti on film, in this highly intertextual drama. Review

Party turns into soul-searching drama, in this authentic British tale of abrupt and crude teenage coming-of-age rituals. Review

The execution of Blue Imagine is very poor. The script is wholly didactic, predictable and dogged with cliches. The acting is shoddy, and the interactions are clumsily staged, often resembling a primary school play. Review

Israel's war machine becomes a literal proxy for Sylvester Stallone's Rambo, in this contemplative and broody art documentary. Review

Ryusuke Hamaguchi's reflection on Manichaeism is ambiguous, contemplative and gently gripping. Review

The six-decade career of the daredevil German director becomes the topic of this comprehensive however conventional documentary, a film far less radical and controversial than the subject portrayed. Review

Emerald Fennell's psychosexual fantasy thriller adds some distinctive British upper-class flavours to some well-known Pasolini masterpieces, but ultimately fails. Review

The wildest and filthiest cinema in the history of the United Kingdom becomes the subject of a documentary largely voiced by the artists that it provoked and inspired. Review

Terrifying exorcist drama adapts Christian horror tropes into Muslim culture to exceptional results. Review

Quirky Iranian dramedy interrogates the nation's peculiar traditions and taboos. Review