Brazilian cinema is the protagonist on Mubi: on the platform which has always been dedicated to quality films and the best from major festivals, «All the Dead Ones», a Brazilian feature film signed by Caetano Godardo and Marco Dutra, is on the bill.
Set in 1899, it centers on the moment when slavery was abolished in the South American nation. Despite the positive change, disorder reigns in society, between families who find themselves on the verge of a crisis after managing coffee plantations and other victims of rampant racism, which still struggles to accept people of color as free men.
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This intense film could be defined as a love letter for Brazil, which can recall some period films of Portuguese cinema due to some stylistic choices in the use of lights and staging. of the most compelling, but it is the perfect film for those looking for food for thought and an elegant and refined aesthetic, different from that often proposed by the news coming out on our platforms.
Brazil yesterday and today
The directorial rigor of the two authors is flanked by a strong political intent that associates the Brazil of yesterday with that of today, even with a risky and explicit connection that comes with the approaching conclusion. The connections with the current Bolsonaro government are very important in this work that touches so many (still) uncovered nerves of the South American nation, avoiding any rhetorical tinsel and focusing on an incisive and effective minimalism. To highlight the good moment of Brazilian cinema, which at the last Berlin Film Festival presented a documentary as significant as “The Last Forest”, but which also in fictional cinema has recently produced several works of considerable interest: among these, undoubtedly the powerful “Bacurau” by Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles and the touching “The invisible life of Euridíce Gusmão” by Karim Ainouz.
My body
Among the most valid Italian titles available on-demand there is certainly “My body” by Michele Pennetta. At the center are the stories of two people in today’s Sicily: a teenager who recovers materials abandoned in landfills and a Nigerian boy who lives in total marginalization.Mixing documentary and fiction, Pennetta has signed an interesting hybrid feature film, which defies any definition and is impossible to classify in a particular vein.