BootDigest Such a frustrating disappointment

SnoReptilePlenty Memorable, crazy movie

Nayan Gough A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

Zlatica One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

Kirpianuscus a Kadare's adaptation. who preserves the colors of lines, the light of phrases, the bitter splendor of small things. a film about family, duty and sacrifice. simple. touching. seductive because it presents just pillars of life without the desire to be more than a sketch. and becoming convincing portrait of a rural Brasil, a poor family, a shirt and its colors, a love story and a wise boy who change his world. the performances. the landscapes. the cinematography. each as a gem. for present a story who is only portrait of life. nothing new. only an old story from an Albanian writer. becoming a Brazilian movie as a kind of bridge of basic essential things.

chetosco The original movie's title is "Torn/Blown/Smashed April", and I have no idea, why it was translated into English (and into Russian, by the way, too) the way it was.Few know that the movie is based on a novel of an Albanian author Ismail Kadare with the same title. I don't know how typical vendetta problem is for Brasil, so, I would rather watch something Albanian on that issue (Albania is world's vendetta capital). But I would say the movie is not rather about the problem (the script is quite sketchy), but a poem about sertão - a magnificent desert-type land west of Pernambuco coastline, which has been attracting many Brazilian movie-makers. That was the destination for Salles previous film's characters' trip ("Central do Brasil"), and that was the ambiance for Brazil's cult classics "Vidas secas". Directing, shooting and cutting are out of this world. The nerve-scratching score is written by the incredible trio of Ed Cortes, Antonio Pinto and Beto Villares. The first two in a couple of years would knock the world out with their unforgettable music for "Ciudad de Deus", while Villares would do the same for "O ano em que meus pais sairam de ferias". The film catapulted Rodrigo Santoro onto the star orbit, although I liked even more the acting of Ravi Ramos Lacerda, another Salles' prodigy after Vinicius de Oliveira in "Central do Brasil".

J. M. Verville 'Behind The Sun' finds itself rather lost in its' own imagery -- albeit very lovely imagery. It is undeniable that the film is beautifully shot but I think that the story, at times, is left a little blank. It left me wanting a lot filled in... I was burning with questions that essentially were left unanswered.Sometimes that is an artistic way of presenting a film but in this case it was just annoying. I think the director was trying to communicate much of the story without words but was not doing that excellent of a job of it.However, the acting is outstanding and the dialogue is impressive. They're the backbone of the film.The setting felt limited and at times stuffy... But by and large, the beautiful cinematography and the quality dialogue made up for the lack of the rest. Worth a watch.

trangnguyen_18 I rented this movie coz I liked Central Station so much, and coz lately I have stopped watching Hollywood movies and switched to foreign films. What an amazing film. I don't think I've seen one so intense for a very long time. Loved the 'kid', cried so much in the end my eyes are all puffy today. And oh, Rodrigo Santoro is a very promising actor. I've also seen Love Actually. I think he should be given more main roles than being others' sidekick.