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A mother must reinvent herself when her family’s life is shaken by an act of arbitrary violence during Brazil’s increasingly entrenched military dictatorship in 1971. Selected by the Brazilian Film Academy for the 2025 Oscars in competition for Best International Film. Eunice Paiva: Martha. My husband is in danger!Martha: Everyone is in danger, Eunice. Featured in There’s Nothing Like You: Episode of December 3, 2024 (2024). The Feast of the Holy KingWritten by Leo Maia (as Marcio Leonardo)Sung by Tim Maia. The Brazilian film, winner of the Best Screenplay award at the Venice Film Festival and nominated for an Oscar, dramatizes the evolution of the Paiva family between the arrest of Rubens Paiva, the father , and Eunice’s struggle after her husband’s disappearance. Walter Salles immerses the viewer in the intimacy of this family and makes them accomplices, making them worry about the fate of each one, creating three-dimensional, real, believable characters. Fernanda Torres plays the role of her life, almost a Greek heroine scarred by tragedy, with subtlety without ever falling into excess or caricature. Detailed set design, sleek script, natural interpretations, hand-picked soundtrack, precise editing – everything contributes to the director being able to convey exactly what he set out to do. Knowing the story, I had read the book on which the film is based and read reviews about it. My attention was drawn to the cinematic solutions used by the director. He manages to transform this particular story into something universal, capable of communicating with viewers anywhere in the world.
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