Tabu

Acclaimed director Miguel Gomes offers this sumptuous two-part tale that centers on Aurora, introduced to viewers as an impulsive and testy elderly woman in present-day Lisbon. When Aurora is hospitalized, she sends her neighbor, Pilar, to pass word of her deteriorating condition to a man of whom no one has ever heard her speak. What ensues is a sweeping look back at Aurora’s complicated life, including a forbidden love affair 50 years prior told in the style of a silent melodrama. Shot in dreamy black and white and featuring a soundtrack by Phil Spector, this ravishing, exquisite work was listed by the BBC as one of the 100 greatest films of the 21st century