‘BERTA’ (Fantasia 2024) Female rage is the best kind

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The story of a woman called Berta who seeks understanding from a man that hurt her in the past. Despite her methods might be seen as unorthodox, she’ll make her point.

Berta still 2Nerea Barros captivates as the titular character. She walks a perfect line between anxiety and persistence. Barros becomes a feminist icon we so desperately need.

Think Hard Candy meets Promising Young Woman. BERTA nails the subgenre. The practical FX team delivers sleight-of-hand twice.

Filmmaker Lucía Former Segarra‘s writing is so slick. She comes full circle in her shorts trilogy, specifically calling out the names of her previous films in the dialogue. BERTA is the ultimate form of therapy for all of us with unresolved trauma. It is a delicious treat for our revenge fantasies.

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About Liz Whittemore

Liz grew up in northern Connecticut and was memorizing movie dialogue from Shirley Temple to A Nightmare on Elm Street at a very early age. She will watch just about any film all the way through (no matter how bad) just to prove a point. A loyal New Englander, a lover of Hollywood, and true inhabitant of The Big Apple.

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