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Os Primeiros Soldados
The First Fallen
Brazil 2021
produced by Vitor Graize, Marua Grijó Simonetti (executive), Ursula Dart (executive) for Pique-Bandeira Filmes, Canal Brasil
directed by Rodrigo de Oliveira
starring Johnny Massaro, Renata Carvalho, Clara Choveaux, Victor Camilo, Alex Bonin, Higor Campagnaro, Vinicius Duarte, Joá Vi, Mariana Melquiades, Daniel Monjardim, Markus Konká, Verônica Gomes, Carlos Rosado, Anaximandro Amorim, Suely Bispo, Fernando Marques, Matheus Muniz, Joaquim Maria Ferreira Mello, Deborah Sabará, Rodrigo de Jesus, Eddy Aragâo, Leonardo Dariva, Jackson Lećo, Remi Stengel
written by Rodrigo de Oliveira, music by Giovani Cidreira
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Rather surprisingly, Suzano (Johnny Massaro) returns from France to his
hometown in Brazil shortly before New Years Eve 1982 to spend some days
with his sister Maura (Clara Choveaux) and his nephew Muriel (Alex Bonin),
but despite many invitations to celebrate New Years Eve itself with his
friends in the town's booming gay community, he more and more clams up and
makes a disappearing act on the last day of the year. Only weeks later
Muriel bumps into Suzano, but Suzano seems to be dying, and even though
his nephew rushes him to the hospital, he dies on the way, and has the
doctors of the place in a panic, as it's apparently the first case of this
new disease, Aids, in town and nobody knows how to deal with it. It's only
later that Maura and Muriel find out where Suzano has actually spent his
last weeks, as he has teamed up with trans performer Rose (Renata
Carvalho) and cameraman Humberto (Victor Camilo), both also infected, to
document his decline for the sake of posterity ... A very
heart-felt drama that really hits it home with audiences thanks to its
light-footed approach despite its very serious subject matter, but it's
really the brighter spots and splashes of colour that draw one in and make
the thing relatable - but be warned, the film has its fair share of
depressing moments as well. And yet, thanks to a clever structural twist
the film still manages to end on a high note. And a subtle directorial
effort and a uniformly solid cast this has turned out to be a very
engaging and also actually pretty entertaining movie.
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review © by Mike Haberfelner
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