Brazilian. Writer, playwright, actor, IR Scholar. Human.
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Waltz with Bashir 2008
Amidst so many memories and pain showcased on screen, this film makes it clear that no one wins a war. While a conflict can be seen as positive for a State, it is always life-shettering and devasting for the humans in the trenches. Inequality makes it all even worse. I believe this movie served its purpose and the fact that it is an animation made it even more heartbraking to watch.
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A Real Pain 2024
A movie centered on its characters and their individual journeys. Not all is shown and that is a good thing. I was waiting for a catharsis that never happened. I get it, sometimes life is just a pan of continuously boiling water and we don't get to see it explode. I do wish we had gotten to see it on screen this time though.
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The Dead and the Others 2018
I saw an interview in which one of the directors stated that making this movie in today's Brazil is an act of resistance in itself, and I couldn't agree more. There's a universal aspect to the story (as everyone in this world has to deal with grief in one way or another), but there's also so much that is specific to the culture that is being protrayed here. A culture that even I, someone…
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Psycho 1960
Scavenger Hunt #42 - September 2018
Task 5. A horror film that has 75% or more on rotten tomatoes
I've always heard great reviews about this movie, but I never thought I would like it as much as I did. This film deserves its legendary status. The score, the plot twists, the groundbreaking topics, the inventive directing, the solid acting, the cunning symbolism... I could point so many areas where this movie succeeds! The only…
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