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blogging by Andrew Wickliffe
Category: Brazilian film
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Elite Squad is about how hard it is to be a fascist stormtrooper in Rio de Janeiro, because not only do you have to deal with militarized criminals, corrupt cops, smooth-talking (and sexy) liberals, you also might have a wife who doesn’t like you being a fascist stormtrooper or some dead kid’s mom come ask…
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Vibrant retelling of the Orpheus myth during Rio de Janeiro’s Carnaval. Great looking and sounding, with a really likable cast–director Camus and co-writer Jacques Viot don’t have the adapting the legend part cracked. They’ve got the Brazil during Rio part; maybe it’s the same problem in Vinicius de Moraes’s source play. Leads Breno Mello and…
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