This Brazilian "coming-of-death" small film might have had a few favorable ingredients to start but grew more tiresome as it went on. Nothing felt particularly believable or interesting, instead playing out like a naive filmmaker's middle-aged existential fantasy. The lead older male who revolves around the whole thing feels like a one-note schmuck, entirely more then as his character was written as, leaving nary a hint of charisma in his wake.
The second-rate City of God slum-and-garbage type locations basically serve as the highlight; they were exploited just enough to remain visually compelling even when the unimpressive romantic, mystery, and action elements inside this plodding character study definitively fail.
The second-rate City of God slum-and-garbage type locations basically serve as the highlight; they were exploited just enough to remain visually compelling even when the unimpressive romantic, mystery, and action elements inside this plodding character study definitively fail.