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Faroeste Caboclo (2013) is a Portuguese movie. René Sampaio has directed this movie. Fabrício Boliveira,Isis Valverde,Felipe Abib,Antonio Calloni are the starring of this movie. It was released in 2013. Faroeste Caboclo (2013) is considered one of the best Crime,Drama,Romance,Western movie in India and around the world.
Brazilian Western is an adaptation of the eponymous song by Renato Russo a famous Brazilian singer and composer who in the style of Bob Dylan knew how to delight crowds by telling stories and singing with his lyrics The adaptation precipitated a both social and romantic drama with a tragic ending. Focusing on the love story of outlaw Joao do Santo Cristo with Architecture major student Maria Lucia, the movie takes place in Brasilia in the early 80s. In a clash of interest, drug dealers and the police conflict with one another,while the end of the military dictatorship in the Capital of Brazil, Brasilia takes place. The wanderings and tedium of a young rocker, who lived in a city still being built, are the backdrop for this story.
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I just lost 1h45 of my night for nothing
This was the biggest disappointment I had with a movie in a long time. With a great song as the inspiration and a lot of advertising everywhere, I supposed it would be at least a popcorn-watchable movie. I was wrong. The badly written script doesn't let you get into any of the characters, some scenes happen too fast, others too slow (and too often, like the soap-opera style sex scenes, for god's sake!) and from the moment she gets involved with the playboy, I just had to fast-forward it. It was just too ridiculous. A lot of gun-firing, random and unnecessary killing of people, bad sex scenes for horny pre-teens and finally, the shitty ending: a girl that gets pregnant from the arch-enemy of the main character, João, because she loves him and wants to save him from the prison that he was sent to after a super-fast arrest. Why he got arrested? Because they got caught together by her father. It was so painful I really had to write this review at 3am.
When Lyrics Become a Great Movie
In Santo Cristo, João (Fabrício Boliveira) is arrested and imprisoned after killing the man that murdered his father. Years later, in the 80's, he is discharged and moves to Brasília to seek out his cousin Pablo (César Troncoso) to find a job. João works as a carpenter, but Pablo that is a drug dealer, offers him some money to deliver marijuana in the upper-class neighborhood. João is surprised by police raid and he flees. When he sees the architecture student Maria Lúcia (Isis Valverde) on her apartment, João climbs the building and she protects him. Soon they fall in love with each other and João decides to leave the crime to live a honest life. But the drug dealer Jeremias (Felipe Abib) that has a crush on Maria Lúcia, and his partner, the corrupt detective Marco Aurélio (Antonio Calloni), begin a war against João and Pablo with tragic consequences. "Faroeste Caboclo" is one of the best (if not the best) Brazilian movies of 2013, with a story that is an adaptation of the lyrics of a song by the Brazilian composer and singer Renato Russo, who died in 1996 at the age of 36. The plot entwines romance, drama and action and is developed in adequate pace. The conclusion recalls the spaghetti western, where everybody dies. Great direction, performances, camera work, lighting, edition and music score make "Faroeste Caboclo" an unforgettable movie. My vote is nine. Title (Brazil): "Faroeste Caboclo" ("Caboclo Western") Note: "Caboclo" is a mixed race of Indian and Caucasian from the countryside of Brazil.
Fascinating film, its qualities far above its flaws
This is a fascinating film, its qualities so much above its flaws, it places you in Brasilia, a city which was modern, but now looks beautiful in its "fifties" style. Brasilia is also the city of "Legião Urbana" a musical group, whose leader, Renato Russo composed the song on which the film is based upon. A sort of "Django Unchained", a western at heart, but where the outstanding performance of Fabricio Boliveira outshines a similar role played by Jamie Foxx. Boliveira is João, a man doomed from the start, because of social and color discrimination and who will "do what a man gotta do" in a way I am sure Leone would applaud. References to "Winchester 73" and "Duel in the Sun" show us the director and scriptwriter knew their subject. Isis Valverde is a beautiful and human Maria the impossible love of João, and Felibe Abib, the "playboy" of Brasilia, the cruel, tough guy. The cinematography is spectacular,conveying a Brasilia so far unknown to the screen.
Just another bad movie
This is not at all a good movie. I'm guessing the other reviews come from people involved in the production. I'm also guessing this is a movie from college kids who read two chapters in class and think they understand cinema. Attempts to simulate or reference westerns are phony and "soap- operash". Maybe one or two good shots - but 100 monkeys with a 100 typewriters... and so on... The movie tries and fails. If it hits something during a few seconds, it changes nothing. I felt like watching a bad soap opera, written by a kid who knows nothing of life - with nothing to say - and filmed by a pretentious advertising professional. Lots of sex scenes to see if teenagers will feel something. Not even these sex scenes are fine - seems like the guy wants to be a seller and an artist at the same time. Naturally, he achieves neither.
Disappointed...
I'm very disappointed with the result of this movie. I have enjoyed the song "Faroeste Caboclo" since I was a children, hearing their verses and melody and imagining every characters and scenarios. Actually, there is nothing that I have supposed that have showed in the movie. The chronology is completely different of the original song, and the characters are so far that what it describe. It starts well but ends in a poor way. I really don't recommend.