"Dona Flor and her two husbands" was a landmark in national cinema and seeing the film for the first time is completely understandable, we have a film that dares far beyond what was expected, which flirts with polygamy, sin, religious plurality, female sexuality and various other themes hitherto little explored, or explored in caricature and critical ways, not here, we have a story that flows perfectly with charismatic characters, broken and involved in a story that unfolds among several analogies and seems much deeper than it appears.
The script tells the story of Floripedes, a woman who maintains a cooking school and is married to Vadinho, a bohemian, womanizer and gambler, it is better not to delve too deeply into synopses, as this can end up spoiling the viewer's experience a little, Bruno Barreto, the successful director who directed the feature, knew how to use, in the first instance, a sublime aesthetic, which from the very beginning manages to mix surrealism with a striking score, which is presented to us in different tones composed by Chico Buarque, O Bruno Barreto's use of camera is also very good, using a lot of zoom in, wide shots and a camera that always seeks to follow the intimacy of his characters, combining framings as if they were paintings together with a poetic text, it's a mixture that combines and exposes the affliction of our protagonist.
In terms of acting Sonia Braga starts a little distant from the audience, but soon her performance takes a confusing shape and manages to convey the duality of feelings of her character, on the other hand, José Wilker playing the controversial Vadinho is too good, stealing the scene whenever he gets In fact, one of the few problems with the film is precisely the period of time that the character leaves the screen, in these moments time passes slowly and we feel the weight of the minutes leaving the work a little boring, another criticism is when the sound of the film, we clearly felt the finger of post production when it comes to remixing, but that doesn't even come close to spoiling our experience."Dona Flor and her two husbands" is a film ahead of its time, brave, very well directed and acted, a landmark of national cinema that lives up to its fame. 9/10.
The script tells the story of Floripedes, a woman who maintains a cooking school and is married to Vadinho, a bohemian, womanizer and gambler, it is better not to delve too deeply into synopses, as this can end up spoiling the viewer's experience a little, Bruno Barreto, the successful director who directed the feature, knew how to use, in the first instance, a sublime aesthetic, which from the very beginning manages to mix surrealism with a striking score, which is presented to us in different tones composed by Chico Buarque, O Bruno Barreto's use of camera is also very good, using a lot of zoom in, wide shots and a camera that always seeks to follow the intimacy of his characters, combining framings as if they were paintings together with a poetic text, it's a mixture that combines and exposes the affliction of our protagonist.
In terms of acting Sonia Braga starts a little distant from the audience, but soon her performance takes a confusing shape and manages to convey the duality of feelings of her character, on the other hand, José Wilker playing the controversial Vadinho is too good, stealing the scene whenever he gets In fact, one of the few problems with the film is precisely the period of time that the character leaves the screen, in these moments time passes slowly and we feel the weight of the minutes leaving the work a little boring, another criticism is when the sound of the film, we clearly felt the finger of post production when it comes to remixing, but that doesn't even come close to spoiling our experience."Dona Flor and her two husbands" is a film ahead of its time, brave, very well directed and acted, a landmark of national cinema that lives up to its fame. 9/10.