The Movie of My Life (2017)

Young Tony decides to return to his hometown. There, he discovers his father has returned to France claiming to miss his friends and country of origin. Tony ends up becoming a teacher, and finds himself amid conflicts and inexperience.

Director:

Selton Mello

Writers:

Selton Mello, Antonio Skármeta (novel)

Stars:

Vincent Cassel, Selton Mello, Bruna Linzmeyer

6 wins & 18 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Vincent Cassel	...	Nicolas Terranova
Selton Mello	...	Paco
Bruna Linzmeyer	...	Luna Madeira
Vitória Strada	...	Dancer
Martha Nowill	...	Camélia
Bia Arantes	...	Petra Madeira
Antonio Skármeta	...	Esteban Coppeta
Rolando Boldrin	...	Giuseppe
Johnny Massaro	...	Tony Terranova
Ondina Clais	...	Sofia Terranova
Miwa Yanagizawa	...	Brigite
Erika Januza	...	Tita
Renan Monteiro	...	Rodrigo
João Prates	...	Augusto Madeira

Storyline

Based on a novel "A Distant Father" by Antonio Skármeta, same author from "Il Postino :The Postman" and "No". The sierras of southern Brazil, 1963. The son of an French man and a Brazilian woman, Tony is a young man with a profound love of cinema and poetry. After graduating from college he returns to his small town in rural Brazil, to find out that his father had left for good. Tony then looks for the company of his father's friends in search of information and references of a lost male role model. He becomes a school teacher and a male figure to kids, in an attempt to provide them with something he lacks himself. A series of developments lead him to a surprising final lead on his father whereabouts and reasons for leaving.

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Plot Keywords:

frenchman in brazil | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Did You Know?

Trivia

In this film, Rolando Boldrin works as an actor for the first time in 18 years. His last work as an actor on a movie was in O Tronco (1999).

User Reviews

Euro arthouse immitation, but a formidble job

As someone very familiar with modern Brazilian and European cinema, I'd have to agree with Lovecraft Movies' comment that this just as well could have been a European film. While they see it as a positive, I see it as a bit of a critique. It felt like Selton Mello really, really (like, really) wanted this to feel like a Euro arthouse flick. He's punching above his weight at this point in his directorial career. The other reviewer's comment that the second act wasn't as centered as it could have been, I also agree with.

At some level, the aesthetics and locations brought me back to one of my favorite Brazilian films from 2001, To The Left of the Father (coincidentally, with Selton Mello as part of the cast).

That being said, Mello did his best job yet in the director's chair, and I do recommend this film for its stylization and cinematography (just wish the former could have been toned down a tad), with the story coming in at a close third.

Details

Country:

Brazil

Language:

Portuguese Spanish French

Release Date:

17 November 2017 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Movie of My Life

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$1,114,594

Company Credits

Production Co:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Bananeira Filmes, Globo Filmes

Technical Specs

Runtime:

113 min

Color:

Color