It begins with the house. Compact but more than spacious enough for one person, it’s bright yellow and tangled up in old, dry vines which have somehow got a grip despite the forest having been hacked back around it. There’s an unusual aperture in the uppermost room which resembles the one in the worst ever Johnny Depp film, Secret Window, with which this shares some aspects of its plot. Max (Gustavo Falcão) is the writer moving in, his agent having arranged for him to spend some time away from phone, internet and friends so that he can work on a book. As is typical of writers in such tales, he spends a lot of time staring at a blank page, but it only takes one trip into the village to realise that this place is full of stories.
Although Falcão makes for a likeable hero, the strength of this film.
Although Falcão makes for a likeable hero, the strength of this film.
- 4/29/2022
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
An attractive male swimming instructor is accused of inappropriately kissing a six-year-old boy in Carolina Jabor’s perceptive, handsomely made “Liquid Truth.” Comparisons are inevitable with Thomas Vinterberg’s “The Hunt,” but the topic was hardly exhausted by that one film, and Jabor’s Brazilian take is less focused on the insidiously oppressive social atmosphere, though it hardly shies away from demonizing unproven accusations.
Taking inspiration from a play by Catalan author Josep Maria Miró and Ventura Pons’ 2015 film “Virus of Fear,” screenwriter Lucas Paraizo (“Gabriel and the Mountain”) brings heightened awareness to the pernicious conflation of homosexuality and pedophilia, and while some tightening is in order, “Liquid Truth” delivers a satisfying cinematic experience that resulted in several awards at the Rio de Janeiro Film Festival, including the audience prize.
Something’s bothering little Alex (Luiz Felipe Mello), but like most six-year-olds, he’s not very verbal. More likely than not,...
Taking inspiration from a play by Catalan author Josep Maria Miró and Ventura Pons’ 2015 film “Virus of Fear,” screenwriter Lucas Paraizo (“Gabriel and the Mountain”) brings heightened awareness to the pernicious conflation of homosexuality and pedophilia, and while some tightening is in order, “Liquid Truth” delivers a satisfying cinematic experience that resulted in several awards at the Rio de Janeiro Film Festival, including the audience prize.
Something’s bothering little Alex (Luiz Felipe Mello), but like most six-year-olds, he’s not very verbal. More likely than not,...
- 5/31/2018
- by Jay Weissberg
- Variety Film + TV
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