Meu Tio Matou um Cara (2004)

Boy tries to help his uncle, guilty of a murder case, to prove his innocence. He thinks the uncle has confessed the crime as a cover-up for his girlfriend, who was the wife of the dead man.... See full summary »

Director:

Jorge Furtado

Writers:

Guel Arraes, Jorge Furtado

Stars:

Darlan Cunha, Sophia Reis, Lázaro Ramos

5 wins & 18 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Darlan Cunha	...	Duca
Sophia Reis	...	Isa
Lázaro Ramos	...	Éder
Deborah Secco	...	Soraia
Dira Paes	...	Cléia
Ailton Graça	...	Laerte
Renan Augusto	...	Kid (as Renan Gioelli)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Júlio Andrade	...	Detetive
Lisa Becker	...	Mulher no carro
Suelen de Sá	...	Ana Paula
Sérgio Lulkin	...	Rogério
Janaína Kremer Motta	...	Secretária
Artur Pinto	...	Guarda
Álvaro Rosa Costa	...	Porteiro
Roberto Sá	...	Fábio

Storyline

Boy tries to help his uncle, guilty of a murder case, to prove his innocence. He thinks the uncle has confessed the crime as a cover-up for his girlfriend, who was the wife of the dead man. So he starts a private investigation, with the help of his own friends, also involving the girl he loves.

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Plot Keywords:

uncle | murder | love | teen | love triangle | 

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Genres:

Adventure | Comedy

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Details

Official Sites:

Official movie blog [Brazil] Official site [Brazil]

Country:

Brazil

Language:

Portuguese

Release Date:

31 December 2004 (Brazil)

Filming Locations:

Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$429,133 (Brazil) (7 January 2005)

Gross:

$1,222,906 (Brazil) (14 January 2005)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Casa de Cinema de Porto Alegre, Globo Filmes, Natasha Filmes

Technical Specs

Runtime:

87 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Deborah Secco's character was originally called Fátima, but it was changed to Soraia to fit the song "Soraya Queimada".

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Connections

References The Name of the Rose (1986)

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Soundtracks

"Por Onde Andei"
(Nando Reis)
Performed by Nando Reis & Os Infernais

User Reviews

Furtado's equation: wit+pace=fun

Another witty, romantic, funny, lightweight teen-oriented film directed and written by Jorge Furtado, combining love triangles, comedy, adventure and social commentary, and featuring his great ear for dialog (he's the smartest comedy writer working in Brazilian cinema today). Here, Furtado once again explores his trade-mark ersatz Cartesian logic construction of the narrative (which he's been developing since his famous, ground-breaking 1989 short "Ilha das Flores"): he makes ordinary stories look fresh by refusing linearity and taking time to consider the "what if" factor; his plots develop in bifurcations, they take side roads. When it seems we're lost in a maze, he throws us Ariadne's thread to a safe exit (his non-corny, unaffected happy-endings) -- but we don't feel fooled, we follow him with a smile.

The cast is firmly lead by teenagers Darlan Cunha (his nonchalant, minimal acting is perfect for the part) and Sophia Reis (lovely without being "cute"), with Deborah Secco looking very sexy and overrated Lázaro Ramos doing what he does best: comedy. There's a lull in the final act, with too many songs commenting the action and plot holes that require a considerable suspension of disbelief, but the pace and editing are so swift and the mood so joyful that by then we're bought. This is Brazilian commercial cinema at its best: sunny, funny, smart, unpretentious, well-made.