Cinema, Aspirinas e Urubus (2005)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.6/10   

Director:

Marcelo Gomes

Escritores:

Karim Ainouz (writer)
Paulo Caldas (writer)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

19 abril 2006 (France)

Género:

Aventura | Drama

Plot:

A road movie about a German man who went to the North East of Brazil in the 1942 to sell Aspirin.

Plot Keywords:

Brazil | Aspirin | Road Movie | WWII | 1940s

Premios:

28 wins & 7 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Interesting premise, but not nearly enough material to sustain an entire film

Reparto

João Miguel	...	Ranulpho
Peter Ketnath	...	Johann
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Madalena Accioly	...	Mulher da Cobra
Jeane Alves	...	Mulher Amamentando
Daniela Câmara	...	Neide
Veronica Cavalcanti	...	Maria da Paz
Jorge Clésio	...	Funcionário dos Correios
Lúcia do Acordeon	...	Sanfoneira
Mano Fialho	...	Caçador
Francisco Figueiredo	...	Rapaz na Estrada
Paula Francinete	...	Lindalva
Hermila Guedes	...	Jovelina
Sandro Guerra	...	Homem da Cobra
José Leite	...	Dono do Restaurante
Nanego Lira	...	Funcionário da Estação de Trem
Arilson Lopes	...	Dono do Posto de Gasolina
Zezita Matos	...	Mulher da Galinha
Osvaldo Mil	...	Claudionor Assis
Fabiana Pirro	...	Adelina
Rodrigo Riszla	...	Stand in
Irandhir Santos	...	Manoel

También conocida como:

Movies, Aspirin and Vultures (International: English title) (literal title)
Cine, aspirinas y buitres (Argentina) (festival title) [es]

Duración:

99 min | Argentina:99 min (Mar del Plata Film Festival)

País:

Brazil

Idioma:

Alemán | Portugués

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby Digital

Clasificación:

Brazil:14 | Argentina:13

Locaciones de Filmación:

Cabaceiras, Paraíba, Brazil

Compañía:

Dezenove Filmes

Trivialidades:

Brazil's official selection for the 2007 Academy Awards.

Interesting premise, but not nearly enough material to sustain an entire film

MOVIES, ASPIRIN AND VULTURES (Marcelo Gomes - Brazil 2005)

The film has the potentially great pretext of a young German trying to sell the recently discovered aspirin in the Northeast of Brazil during World War II, molded in a kind of road-movie. The discovery of aspirin is one of those little forgotten things in history. Sadly, the result is only mildly interesting and certainly not a great film.

Not much is done with the potentially funny pretext; A German traveling through northeastern Brazil in 1942 is something different, either for Brazilians back then, or contemporary Brazilians, or any audience around the world. Nobody seems to bother. And many of the scenes where he tries to sell aspirin with the help of a promo film (he brought a film projector) about headaches and the curing qualities of the product, could have been funny or touching, but it's executed in quite a lacklustre way. A real shame. Secondly, the cinematography. They shot on location in North-East Brazil, but the interesting locale is mostly left unused.

Not a bad film perse, it has some interesting moments but it suffers from a lack of inspiration and could have used a little more plot. The rural setting in NE-Brazil is interesting, especially for a European spectator but otherwise not a very engaging film. Messy, uninspired and a lack of ideas.

Camera Obscura --- 5/10