Meu Tio Matou um Cara (2004)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

Jorge Furtado

Writers:

Guel Arraes (writer)
Jorge Furtado (writer)

Release Date:

31 December 2004 (Brazil)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy

Plot:

Boy tries to help his uncle, guilty of a murder case, to prove his innocence. He thinks the uncle has...

Awards:

2 wins & 10 nominations

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

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

Brazil

Language:

Portuguese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Brazil:10 | Argentina:13

Filming Locations:

Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Company:

Casa de Cinema de Porto Alegre

Trivia:

The movie Duca's father describes to Isa is Der Name der Rose (1986).

Movie Connections:

Features The Graduate (1967)

Soundtrack:

Habla de Mi

Good, but Furtado's worst one

This movie is very nice-looking and very good-humored. But, being good-humored doesn't suggest it's funny. The only funny parts are the ones we see Renan Gioelli and Ailton Graça; although they don't have any scenes together. So let's see the story: Duca (Darlan Cunha, very sleepy), his father Laerte (Ailton Graça, excellent, but not brilliant), his mother Cleia (Dira Paes, nothing unusual), and his uncle Eder (Lazaro Ramos, not so good and supposedly the "male lead"), are all black. The story begins when Eder enters his brother's apartment (his brother is Laerte) and the first thing he says is "I killed a guy". Then the story introduces us to Duca's best friends: Kid (Renan Gioelli) and Isa (Sophia Reis). Duca secretly loves Isa. Isa secretly loves Kid. Kid doesn't hide from anyone that he loves all girls. During the movie--short movie, it has 80 minutes of picture, plus 5 of credits--we see Duca trying to "seduce" Isa--for lack of a better word--and how Isa and Kid help (or bother) Duce while he tries to solve his uncle's misunderstood story. There are some (weak) surprises as the movie goes and my favorite scene is the last, which is about two minutes long and shot in one shot. 'Course I won't tell what happens in this scene. In the DVD, there is a special feature, that shows the actors improvising their characters as if they were making a testimony for something, but in it they just comment the other characters by their point-of-view. Very funny. Then, there's the production part. The camera is clearly visible twice in the movie (both of them reflected in cars) and the score (not the songs) sometimes doesn't tie with the scene's thematic. But, hey, it's not just bad things. The editing is very precise (check out that scene where we see Éder exiting frame from left as the same Éder is entering frame from right). Art direction is nice. Costumes are very alike normal middle-class Brazilian teenagers. Jorge Furtado's directing is functional. Let's review the acting: Darlan Cunha--just bad; Sophia Reis--shows a lot of talent in her first feature; Renan Gioelli--particularly I think he's the best actor in the film; Ailton Graça--good supporting work; Dira Paes--nothing new; Lazaro Ramos--now, this guy is awful; Deborah Secco--she's as awful as Lazaro Ramos. But, the biggest problem in the film is the screenplay. It just doesn't get us excited.