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Brazilian Film Days: To the Left of the Father

Duration 2h 45m

Country Brasiilia

Director Luiz Fernando Carvalho

Cast Selton Mello, Raul Cortez, Juliana Carneiro da Cunha

Language portugali

Subtitle Language estonian, inglise

In early 20th Century Brazil, André (Selton Mello) is a young man whose ideas are radically different from his father's (Raul Cortez). The father predicates order and restraint, which enhance his own power under the mantle of family love. The son seeks freedom and ecstasy,. When the son leaves the family farm and moves to a seedy boarding house, his older brother Pedro, is asked by their mother to bring him back. His return, however, will completely shatter the family's confined life.
A landmark of contemporary Brazilian cinema, described by Cahiers du Cinéma as "a barbarous poem ve...Show more

In early 20th Century Brazil, André (Selton Mello) is a young man whose ideas are radically different from his father's (Raul Cortez). The father predicates order and restraint, which enhance his own power under the mantle of family love. The son seeks freedom and ecstasy,. When the son leaves the family farm and moves to a seedy boarding house, his older brother Pedro, is asked by their mother to bring him back. His return, however, will completely shatter the family's confined life.
A landmark of contemporary Brazilian cinema, described by Cahiers du Cinéma as "a barbarous poem verging on hallucination, of extraordinary power".

 

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