Chavela fingerprintStriking style, no humor.
Calm and low-key
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Moving and nostalgic
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
A real life story, show business, and society
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Standout performances and characters
Standout score
Calm and low-key
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Chavela is calm and low-intensity. The story builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Moving and nostalgic
Emotionally, it's moving, nostalgic, and melancholic.
A real life story, show business, and society
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Its world is built around a real life story, show business, and society. The setting feels lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Standout performances and characters
The performances and characters stand out.
Standout score
Look and sound: the score stand out.
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A Singer. A Fighter. A Symbol.
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Chavela is included with a subscription to Amazon Prime Video, Hoopla, OVID, and Amazon Prime Video with Ads in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on JustWatch TV, Kanopy, and Hoopla. You can also rent or buy it from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, and YouTube. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Mostly. It's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 79/100 (IMDb 7.7, Rotten Tomatoes 95%, and Metacritic 68). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
1 h 33 min
Chavela runs 1 h 33 min.
Yes. It's based on real events or a real person's life.
Yes. Critics average 82 and audiences 79 out of 100, so both groups see Chavela much the same way.
It was made in Spanish. Produced in Mexico, Spain, United States.
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7.7
