To the Left of the Father (2001) Lavoura Arcaica
To the Left of the Father (2001)
WEB-Dl 1080p | MKV | 1916x1076 | x264 @ 5213 Kbps | 170 min | 6,36 Gb
Audio: Português AAC 2.0 @ 114 Kbps | Subs: English, Français, Português, Español, Türkçe, Chinese
Genre: Art-house, Drama
WEB-Dl 1080p | MKV | 1916x1076 | x264 @ 5213 Kbps | 170 min | 6,36 Gb
Audio: Português AAC 2.0 @ 114 Kbps | Subs: English, Français, Português, Español, Türkçe, Chinese
Genre: Art-house, Drama
Director: Luiz Fernando Carvalho
Writers: Luiz Fernando Carvalho, Raduan Nassar (novel)
Stars: Selton Mello, Raul Cortez, Juliana Carneiro da Cunha
Brazilian baroque. The young son that ran from his dominant family, descends into decadence and then returns to the nest. With melodramatic themes of tyrannical fathers, incest, fierce family conflicts and an overheated and intense visual style to match.
IMDB - 52 wins
This is, without a doubt, one of the best movies I have ever seen. It is a spectacular example of the new brazillian movie-making!
It is a technically perfect movie, with a brilliant cinematography and a masterful photography. The scenes are very well built and the director truly owns this movie. Of course, it derives from one of the masterpieces of recent literature, Raduan Nassar's impressive novel.
I thoroughly enjoyed the movie and have to disagree with Flavio Velames comment, complaining about it being too erudite. There's only such thing if a movie is pretensious, which is obviously not the case: this movie breathes honesty. There are already enough "common" movies being produced around the world to commit the crime of discarding this one for not being "common". Not all movies are supposed to be for the audience to have "fun". Some of them (the best ones) are supposed to enchant you, as this one does.
Keep up the extraordinary work, Luiz Fernando Carvalho! I had the opportunity of attending the screening of this movie at the Film Festival Rotterdam 2002, where Luiz Fernando spoke. Enlightening. True art and true artist. Thank you.
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To the Left of the Father (2001) Lavoura Arcaica
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