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A Queda [The Fall] (Ruy Guerra + Nelson Xavier, 1978)

Aug

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A Queda (1978)

Salatiel (Lima Duarte), a middle-aged balding man, in his undershirt at a dinner table. Working class poverty all around. DP: Edgar Moura.

“We were soldiers together. A long time ago. We were young, you know? Free from everything. We've been through a lot together, we were… friends.”

#FilmDinner #RuyGuerra #NelsonXavier #LimaDuarte #MiltonNascimento #EdgarMoura #drama #Brazil #1970s ★★★½

Os Fuzis [The Guns] (Ruy Guerra, 1964)

Aug

2

Os Fuzis (1964)

A bearded man in white eats from a simple, hand-carved wooden bowl using his hand. In his tangled up hair are small, silver devotional medals. DP: Ricardo Aronovich.

#FilmDinner #RuyGuerra #RuyPolanah #NelsonXavier #MoacirSantos #RicardoAronovich #drama #religion #food #CinemaNovo #Brazil #Argentina #1960s ★★★★☆