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Joana Ribeiro has 3 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2010s through the 2020s.
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In 1917, outside the parish of Fátima, Portugal, a 10-year-old girl and her two younger cousins witness multiple visitations of the Virgin Mary, who tells them that only prayer and suffering will bring an end to World War I. As secularist government officials and Church leaders try to force the children to recant their story, word of the sighting spreads across the country, inspiring religious pilgrims to flock to the site in hopes of witnessing a miracle..
Dir. Marco Pontecorvo · With Harvey Keitel, Sonia Braga, Goran Višnjić
Toby, a cynical film director finds himself trapped in the outrageous delusions of an old Spanish shoe-maker who believes himself to be Don Quixote. In the course of their comic and increasingly surreal adventures, Toby is forced to confront the tragic repercussions of a film he made in his idealistic youth.
Dir. Terry Gilliam · With Adam Driver, Jonathan Pryce, Stellan Skarsgård
An extraterrestrial alien arrives on Earth at a turning point in human evolution and must confront his own past to determine our future.
Dir. Jenny Lumet, Alex Kurtzman · With Chiwetel Ejiofor, Naomie Harris, Annelle Olaleye
