What s it about? An adaptation of the eponymous song by Renato Russo, a famous Brazilian singer and composer. After doing time in jail for killing the cop who murdered his father, Joao (Boliveira) heads for Brasilia where a distant cousin from Argentina helps him get a start as a carpenter s apprentice - as long as he sidelines as a drug dealer. He falls in love with Maria Lucia (Valverde), the daughter of a senator, who wants Joao to stop dealing, but his rival Jeremiah ensures that Joao has no hope but to stay in the game.
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Entertainment by Leigh Paatsch
Premium Content 2020 was a year in movie history like no other. Cinemas went dark for extended periods. Streaming services went through the roof. And yet, the big hits and big misses kept coming as they always do. LEIGH PAATSCH nominates his best and worst of what hit our screens in 2020.
1. 1917 The best film of 2020 arrived early in January, and would not be budged from our collective memory. A simple tale of two young WWI soldiers setting off to deliver a single message that will save 1600 lives became a nerve-shredding, mind-bending masterclass in filmmaking: strikingly composed as one extended, seamless camera shot.