María José and Norberto live in the outskirts of Belo Horizonte. They have been married for 35 years, shared a life together, and have two children. One of them is André Novais Olivera, director of this film that discovers his parents in very simple and everyday-like domestic situations through which we’ll learn their hab...
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It’s much easier to talk about young people than about old people,” John Cassavetes used to say. Because old age is not characterized by great adventures, but by the boredom caused by a sedentary life, like a waiting room for a dentist that wears a black tunic and holds a scythe. Maite Alberdi pays no attention to the words of the direc...
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The initial sequence of this film is not just memorable and absolutely genius, but it also speaks of a masterful stage and choreographic ability: Matias Piñeiro’s third Shakespearian feat opens way through a Soccer 5 field shot from some balcony in Buenos Aires with a score by Schumann. With the help of Fernando Lockett’s great eye and a remarkable...
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Ludmila and Lucas live in a shack in one of the richest areas of Buenos Aires. Ludmila moves around in a wheelchair (she has a bullet inside of her that apparently put her on the chair), even when she doesn’t seem to need it –she does it for no reason, or for begging. Lucas’ job is picking up bones and butcher’s wastes in a...
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