Aquarela

For the song, see Aquarela (song).

Aquarela is a 2018 documentary film co-written, shot, edited, and directed by Viktor Kossakovsky. It shows water and ice in different places around the world and contains minimal dialogue. It premiered at the 75th Venice International Film Festival in September 2018.^[2]

Aquarela
Film poster
Directed by	Viktor Kossakovsky
Written by	Viktor Kossakovsky Aimara Reques
Produced by	Heino Deckert Sigrid Dyekjær Aimara Reques
Cinematography	Ben Bernhard Viktor Kossakovsky
Edited by	Viktor Kossakovsky Molly Malene Steensgaard Ainara Vera
Music by	Eicca Toppinen
Distributed by	Park Circus[1] (United Kingdom) Neue Visionen Filmverleih[1] (Germany) Sony Pictures Classics (United States and Denmark)
Release date	September 1, 2018 (2018-09-01) (Venice International Film Festival)[2]
Running time	90 minutes
Countries	United Kingdom Germany Denmark United States
Languages	Russian English Spanish
Box office	$671,631[1]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 87% of 62 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.8/10. The website's consensus reads: "Patiently constructed and beautifully filmed, Aquarela views man's relationship with water through a sobering -- and awe-inducing -- lens."^[3] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 80 out of 100, based on 20 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.^[4]

Glenn Kenny of RogerEbert.com gave the film three out of four stars and wrote, "This is a purely sensationalistic cinematic experience that paradoxically encourages reflection and contemplation. Although the use of some (admittedly pretty good) heavy metal music on the soundtrack feels like a bit of overreaching."^[5]