Review: 'The Heiresses' is a perceptive study of class, sexuality and personal awakening
In the opening shot of "The Heiresses," a sharply detailed first feature from Paraguayan writer-director Marcelo Martinessi, the camera peers through a doorway into a shadowy dining room. Much later, it will stare meaningfully down a driveway that leads out into the brighter world beyond.
The contrast between these images is hardly accidental. Together they sum up the linear progression of the movie, which brings us in and out of a household that has fallen on hard times.
