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Forget politics. Enjoy the movie!

posted 8 years ago by faornelas
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Can't people just watch the movie for what it is? All I see on this board is a lot of bla bla bla about the political issues behind the movie.
Have all you people who have scored it either 10 or 1 at least have seen it?
The movie is very good and it is neither left nor right wing.

After all, weren't there huge real state speculation over the years under Lula/Dilma administration?
Doesn't Sonia Braga's character says she owns 5 apartments in the movie?
Doesn't she, like most middle class Brazilian has a maid?
Are all white Brazilian who studies and lives abroad really evil and corrupt?
Only lefters fight against the system and powerful corporations?

Come on, let's grow up, stop the political blindness and really enjoy the film for what it is.

One thing are the political inclinations of the director and its cast.
But what you see on the big screen doesn't entirely reflect that.

[–] Doodlebuger 8 years ago

Faornelas your post is about the only intellgent post on this crazy forum.
I fully agree with your comments, for the simple reason that I have just seen the movie.
Yes it is a story of a middle upper class Brazilian caught in a nasty situation, it opposes the honest people with values (a bit paternalistic may be like everywhere in Latin America), conservatives but with a human sensitivity, to ruthless speculators. But this fight is universal, no just Brasilian ! And the movie describes all of this very well. It has its flaws but is overall a good movie.