Given how many film labs were involved in the development of “The Heiresses,” it’s remarkable this finely crafted, beautifully realized debut by Marcelo Martinessi feels so organic and personal.

Given how many film labs were involved in the development of “The Heiresses,” it’s remarkable this finely crafted, beautifully realized debut by Marcelo Martinessi feels so organic and personal.

Marcelo Martinessi’s “The Heiresses,” a story of sisterhood and entrapment, won the Transilvania Film Festival’s top prize Saturday.

When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By A.O. Scott The opening scenes of “The Heiresses,” Marcelo Martinessi’s ...

“The Heiresses,” Paraguay’s official entry for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2018 Academy Awards, is in its own way as beautiful as the winner, Alfonso Cuarón’s “Roma.” ...

A winner at the Berlin International Film Fest earlier this year, Paraguay's 'The Heiresses' is now aiming to get in the Oscar race. Continue to Deadline SKIP AD.

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The Heiresses is the story of a woman of good standing, who had inherited enough money to live comfortably. But at the age of sixty she realizes that this inherited money is no longer enough. This new ...