This is a film about an actress who, with many difficulties (bills to pay, small event works which bring little money and sometimes some disrespect), tries to move on in her artistic career despite the lack of opportunities. Karine Teles has an amazing performance, showing the great talent she has and that would become more well known in later films such as Que horas ela volta? And Bacurau. The beginning is a little sluggish, with some scenes that I think that do not contribute to storytelling and could be easily cut off; reducing the movie's length in 10 or 15 minutes would be desirable. Anyway, afterwards those unnecessary scenes become an exception, and the film becomes much better, finishing with a perfect striking end.
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Being There
young_scholar27 May 2018
Warning: Spoilers
The Craft (Riscado) gives you a rare look backstage in motion pictures. Meet Bianca (Karine Teles). She's an atres (actress) or she'd like to be one. She works for a special events company which hires her out as an impersonator for special occasions. At birthday parties and retirements, Bianca dressed as Marilyn presents the cake.
Acting requires commitment in the face of adversity. Her landlady wants Bianca to get a real job so that the rent is timely paid. Bianca may not be Marilyn but she is unwilling to give up pursuing her craft even if the craft consists of taking on the personality of the various Ikons of the silver screen ... especially Marilyn Monroe. Then there's the quirky audition for the part of Veronica. The producers of a play want each actress to improvise. Unlike other actresses acted to extemporize, Bianca re-enacts Marilyn' s famous singing of Happy Birthday to President John Kennedy afew weeks before each of their deaths.
Once cast in the role, the producers have even bigger plans for Bianca. Using her life story as the backdrop to a film, the producers have been contemplating a tour de force about the acting world.Although Bianca devotes all her energy to the project, vigorously studying the lines, quitting the Special Events Company, taking the producers about town to suggest various shooting locations and even donning the costume to pose for some promo pictures to sell the concept to backers. Te producers are willing to stick Bianca with the bill for the bank for the promotion pictures but the role cannot go to Bianca. When backers want a more internationally visible actress; Bianca is relegated to EXTRA in the film.
But Bianca is an actress. Pain is part of the job. There she plays a small part in one of the scenarios she had suggested.
Acting requires commitment in the face of adversity. Her landlady wants Bianca to get a real job so that the rent is timely paid. Bianca may not be Marilyn but she is unwilling to give up pursuing her craft even if the craft consists of taking on the personality of the various Ikons of the silver screen ... especially Marilyn Monroe. Then there's the quirky audition for the part of Veronica. The producers of a play want each actress to improvise. Unlike other actresses acted to extemporize, Bianca re-enacts Marilyn' s famous singing of Happy Birthday to President John Kennedy afew weeks before each of their deaths.
Once cast in the role, the producers have even bigger plans for Bianca. Using her life story as the backdrop to a film, the producers have been contemplating a tour de force about the acting world.Although Bianca devotes all her energy to the project, vigorously studying the lines, quitting the Special Events Company, taking the producers about town to suggest various shooting locations and even donning the costume to pose for some promo pictures to sell the concept to backers. Te producers are willing to stick Bianca with the bill for the bank for the promotion pictures but the role cannot go to Bianca. When backers want a more internationally visible actress; Bianca is relegated to EXTRA in the film.
But Bianca is an actress. Pain is part of the job. There she plays a small part in one of the scenarios she had suggested.
excellent story, with good insights
diogobardal27 January 2012
I particularly think that every good movie at some point HAS to talk, directly or not, about movies itself. Riscado is one of these movies, and it reminded me a lot of Sinedoque New York, or Lisbon story, even if I consider these movies superior in many aspects, and they do not talk about the same things. But all of them have something to talk about.
In the description of the movie it says it is about luck. I disagree i think the movie is about the imminence of life changing events, and the mixed good/bad but mainly bad feelings that comes with them. when talking about that it touched slightly an universal theme.
In the description of the movie it says it is about luck. I disagree i think the movie is about the imminence of life changing events, and the mixed good/bad but mainly bad feelings that comes with them. when talking about that it touched slightly an universal theme.
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