Good movie with a dual story line about a gang of bank robbers and the police detectives pursuing them:
In Rio de Janeiro airport, Verônica's daughter was kidnapped by a Portuguese stewardess. Verônica moves to Portugal and spends the days in Lisbon airport trying to find the stewardess and her lost child. By night she finds illegal employment as a stripper.
Brocas just got out of jail and wastes no time in reacquainting himself with Metralha and a life of crime. They end up enlisting the help of Brocas' brother Engenheiro, and then also the love interest of Engenheiro, Verônica, and go out on a bank robbing spree.
To complete the main cast, Rafael and Filipa are the investigating officers in charge of capturing the criminals. But Rafael, the senior detective, has a dark secret...
Half of the cast is quite wooden and the other half is quite good - especially look out for more movies with Ivo Canelas, he is generally a few notches above almost all of his co-stars. The directing is nice and unobtrusive; the plot is unpretentious and entertaining, and although not mind-blowing, it has a very nice plot twist near the end. Kudos for the screenwriter for that one.
Overall, the movie has good entertaining value. I recommend this one to spend an hour and a half with Portuguese cinema.
In Rio de Janeiro airport, Verônica's daughter was kidnapped by a Portuguese stewardess. Verônica moves to Portugal and spends the days in Lisbon airport trying to find the stewardess and her lost child. By night she finds illegal employment as a stripper.
Brocas just got out of jail and wastes no time in reacquainting himself with Metralha and a life of crime. They end up enlisting the help of Brocas' brother Engenheiro, and then also the love interest of Engenheiro, Verônica, and go out on a bank robbing spree.
To complete the main cast, Rafael and Filipa are the investigating officers in charge of capturing the criminals. But Rafael, the senior detective, has a dark secret...
Half of the cast is quite wooden and the other half is quite good - especially look out for more movies with Ivo Canelas, he is generally a few notches above almost all of his co-stars. The directing is nice and unobtrusive; the plot is unpretentious and entertaining, and although not mind-blowing, it has a very nice plot twist near the end. Kudos for the screenwriter for that one.
Overall, the movie has good entertaining value. I recommend this one to spend an hour and a half with Portuguese cinema.