‘It’s an assured future debut and it isn't too much of a stretch to see Chela's late flowering as analogous to Paraguay's bright future on the screen’ writes David Hughes.

‘Paraguayan director Marcelo Martinessi strikes an exquisitely melancholic note with his female-centric debut feature, starring an impressive Ana Brun as a woman facing a disturbingly uncertain future’ writes Maria Delgado

‘The stars of the movie are two wealthy women, the heiresses Chela and Chiquita, superbly played by Paraguayan stage actors Ana Brun and Margarita Irun, who almost incredibly are making their screen debut’ writes Peter Bradshaw.

‘Slow-moving, poised, encouragingly humane and entirely female-led, it’s almost Bergman-esque in its portrayal of the big little things that affect and direct every long-term relationship’ writes Barry Didcock.

‘A superb first feature from Marcelo Martinessi, this entirely female-driven story is full of gentle wit and playful observations on the crumbling upper echelons of Paraguayan society’ writes Wendy Ide.

‘The Heiresses is a tickling, near-perfect tragicomedy from Paraguay. The nuances are so fine you could slip them between adjacent atoms’ writes Nigel Andrews.

‘This is definitely the best film about an ageing Paraguayan lesbian couple you’ll see this year. It’s also one of the best films of any sort you’ll see’ writes Ed Potton.