Portuguese cinema hasn't always had the best reputation specially among us the Portuguese, not due to lack of amazing actors, writers or directors, but it seemed we could never get it right...
Of course the lack of Government investment won't allow for big budget movies, so folks need to come up with creative stories that don't necessarily rely heavily on that and it seems we had a hard time giving space to folks with actual good and engaging plots. Some old Portuguese comic movies that are classic at this point, seem to be regarded as the best Portugal has made but that was a long time ago we need to continue to show what we are capable of and turns out that similar to those old movies, comedy once again proved to be our strength.
If you haven't seen the Portuguese soap opera satire series called Pôr do Sol, this movie won't be the same for sure so that is something to watch first. With that being said it seems the film gets it all right - it's sure inspired by the show but managed to create an original standalone story, the part of the plot they explored was amazing, since Simão is one of the best characters so exploring his origins feels right.
There's a lot of great humor and also many classic international movie reference that just make the experience even better!
Great story, great comedy and amazing actors, here you go, these guys managed to unravel the formula for a great Portuguese movie!
Of course the lack of Government investment won't allow for big budget movies, so folks need to come up with creative stories that don't necessarily rely heavily on that and it seems we had a hard time giving space to folks with actual good and engaging plots. Some old Portuguese comic movies that are classic at this point, seem to be regarded as the best Portugal has made but that was a long time ago we need to continue to show what we are capable of and turns out that similar to those old movies, comedy once again proved to be our strength.
If you haven't seen the Portuguese soap opera satire series called Pôr do Sol, this movie won't be the same for sure so that is something to watch first. With that being said it seems the film gets it all right - it's sure inspired by the show but managed to create an original standalone story, the part of the plot they explored was amazing, since Simão is one of the best characters so exploring his origins feels right.
There's a lot of great humor and also many classic international movie reference that just make the experience even better!
Great story, great comedy and amazing actors, here you go, these guys managed to unravel the formula for a great Portuguese movie!
