Review Berlinale 2026: Marina Person plays an unfulfilled, yet ambitious, sommelière in Gabe Klinger’s sophisticated, São Paulo-set comedy-drama

Come on, step into the lovely São Paulo sunset. Have a tall glass of natural wine. The evening is only just beginning, but the vibe is sedate. These are the gentle suggestions made by Gabe Klinger’s second fiction feature, Isabel [+], which premiered this week in the Berlinale’s Panorama section, but this is no softball of a film. Successfully converting time in hardcore cinephilia’s trenches, following noted work as a critic and programmer, into a genuine directorial career, Klinger shows a well-honed gift for tonal control and social observation in this concise tale of a wine expert hoping for more in life and work, her dreams fading, but not diminishing.

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