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Drama, Jerusalem 2016

Aquarius – Jerusalem 33

In his sophomore film, Kleber Mendonça Filho penetrates Brazilian falsely beautified society through Sônia Braga's stunning performance.

Drama, Tallinn 2015, Thessaloniki 2015, Venice 2015

Boi Neon (Neon Bull) – Venice 72 Orizzonti

Gabriel Mascaro observes the social and cultural changes of Brazilian society as genders lose their identities and when a vaquero dreams to be a tailor.

REVIEWS

Le Magnifique (The Magnificent, 1973)

The instant cult French espionage parody by Philippe de Broca with Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jacqueline Bisset.

Ida (2013)

Paweł Pawlikowski tries to express everything that troubled 60s Poland but his aesthetic austere formalism surpasses the content.

Pioneer Heroes (Pionery-geroi) – Berlinale 65 Panorama

The debut feature film by Natalya Kudryashova is a story of broken heroes with destroyed expectations that try to survive in a hostile and unidealistic present.

Fuoco! (Fire!, 1968)

Gian Vittorio Baldi directs a piece of art that through its consistency can work on political and dramaturgical level without losing its impactful realism.

Un Lac (A Lake, 2008)

An excellent example of experimental cinema that touches the verges of lyrical poetic naturalism by Philippe Grandrieux.

TagBrazil

Aquarius – Jerusalem 33

Boi Neon (Neon Bull) – Venice 72 Orizzonti

Le Magnifique (The Magnificent, 1973)

Ida (2013)

Pioneer Heroes (Pionery-geroi) – Berlinale 65 Panorama

Fuoco! (Fire!, 1968)

Un Lac (A Lake, 2008)

There has always been violence in art

Cœur Fidèle vs. Boy Meets Girl

Alain Robbe-Grillet: What is Formalism?

Leos Carax and his island

Trans-Europ-Express Eroticism