This movie is pointless. There is no story here that hasn't already been told. None of the characters are sympathetic. The man is a complete moron macho who refuses to get a job and as usual the woman is left to take care of the 100 kids they had together.
I can see why foreigners will see this and think it's magical... The photography is beautiful but that's about it. It is misogynistic and not a fairy tale. The only thing that father taught his kid was how to smoke a cigarette at the age of 12!!!? It was upsetting and there was no redeeming qualities about him either. At the last scene when they finally get to Rio, the husband asks someone how to get to Brasilia and the wife finally says we're not going anywhere, we traveled for six months to get here. This last line was delivered as a punchline to a bad joke. It was supposed to be cute I guess. It wasn't. The story is predictable and unrealistic.
It's a shame that this was funded by the Brazilian government.
I can see why foreigners will see this and think it's magical... The photography is beautiful but that's about it. It is misogynistic and not a fairy tale. The only thing that father taught his kid was how to smoke a cigarette at the age of 12!!!? It was upsetting and there was no redeeming qualities about him either. At the last scene when they finally get to Rio, the husband asks someone how to get to Brasilia and the wife finally says we're not going anywhere, we traveled for six months to get here. This last line was delivered as a punchline to a bad joke. It was supposed to be cute I guess. It wasn't. The story is predictable and unrealistic.
It's a shame that this was funded by the Brazilian government.