I think it's my second film by this director. The first was another re-reading of Machado de Assis, the short story "A Causa Secreta" in "A Erva do Rato", with Selton Melo. There there was an author above all readings, here "Dom Casmurro" doesn't escape from Bressane's many peculiarities either. I know he produced a lot of films in other decades of our cinema, there are even several excerpts of scenes from other films of his, like "Matou a Família e foi ao Cinema". I liked that, also the text about Brazilian poets of Romanticism, plus a star by the "featurette/making of" as post-credits scenes. Vladimir Brichta, Mariana Ximenes are great, even Rogério Sganzerla's daughter is here.
Shout by Miguel A. ReinaBlockedParent2021-06-09T10:29:54Z
[IFFR] The Brazilian director exposes his static and theatrical staging, almost Brechtian, in a reflection on absences and fragmented narration. The chapters are used as ellipsis to tell a story of adultery. But Júlio Bressane is more interested in using the original text as an excuse to expose other stories, images within the image that show Brazilian culture and artistic work.