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Em Nome do Pai (2002)
Spare, and brilliantly crafted
I first watched this in 2003 or 2004. I rediscovered this 17 minute version recently. There were more scenes when I first watched it; an additional, slightly longer shower scene, a scene of the father *not* locked out of the son's bedroom, a scene in which the boy deliberately withholds food from the dog, and a scene including a suspicious but ultimately satisfied police inspector near the end.
The first time I watched, I was enthralled, fascinated and shocked. Mesmerized. For years, I avoided thinking about this film, and alternately searched vehemently to find it again.
This 17 minute version is still a story perfectly told, and thoroughly captivating. I hope someday I find the complete version again.
Color of a Brisk and Leaping Day (1996)
the loveliest and best
One of the most subtly moving films I have ever seen.
It doesn't tell you what to think, it doesn't tell you what to feel; it doesn't tell you anything at all. And for some people that is unbearable. But, it gives you everything.
This film, widely forgotten by many yet passionately loved by a few, ends with a poem which has proved presciently self-referential:
Lo! some we loved, the loveliest and best
That Time and Fate of all their Vintage prest,
Have drunk their Cup a Round or two before,
And one by one crept silently to Rest.
--The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
I am glad films like this were once able to be made. Perhaps they still can be made, I don't know. This one is a beautiful gem.