Réalisation:
Stephen DaldryScénario:
Richard CurtisPhotographie:
Adriano GoldmanMusique:
Antonio PintoActeurs·trices:
Wagner Moura, Selton Mello, José Dumont, Nelson Xavier, Martin Sheen, Rooney Mara, Eduardo Luis, Gabriel Weinstein, Rickson Tevez, Gisele Froés (plus)VOD (3)
Résumés(1)
Lorsque deux garçons des bidonvilles de Rio trouvent un portefeuille au cours de leur inspection quotidienne de la décharge du coin, ils sont loin de se douter que leur vie est sur le point de changer à jamais. Quand la police locale débarque, offrant une belle récompense en échange du portefeuille, Rafael (Rickson Tevez) et Gardo (Luis Eduardo) réalisent l'importance de leur découverte. Une aventure extraordinaire commence alors pour nos deux jeunes héros. Flanqués de leur ami Rato (Gabriel Weinstein), le trio décide de cacher le portefeuille, et échapper à la police afin de découvrir quel secret il peut bien contenir. Pour tenter d'y voir plus clair, ils vont recomposer étape par étape l'histoire de son propriétaire, José Angelo (Wagner Moura), discernant peu à peu à qui ils peuvent se fier. Ils vont alors réaliser que la police, et notamment son chef, le redoutable Frederico (Selton Mello), sont loin d'être dignes de confiance. Mais un couple de missionnaires américains qui travaille dans leur favela, le très désabusé père Julliard (Martin Sheen) et sa jeune assistante Olivia (Rooney Mara), pourront peut-être leur ouvrir de meilleures perspectives. (Universal International FR)
(plus)Critiques (4)
While the ending isn’t too exceptionally moronic, it still can’t manage to overcome the quality of a scene like "Hi, I'm a hot young single Brazilian girl who just came out to dance in the streets. I see you're rummaging through the trash looking for food. You wanna hang out, ugly black boy?". Anyway, let me see those planet Pupulon photos again...
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An attractive environment and interesting premise make for a stylish film, which is not a bad thriller you enjoy seeing once, but ends up being quite forgettable.
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I had to wonder if Stephen Daldry had any need to film such an uninteresting story, and in the style of Danny Boyle. He apparently did, but what surprised me even more (and I found out after the film) - the script was written by Richard Curtis. The film is of course professionally made in every aspect - direction, cinematography, music... But although at first I was really interested in what the story would turn out to be, from about the time of the prison visit to the end, I shook my head more and more and couldn't believe my eyes at what was happening. And I didn't like the final revolutionary call "When the people take to the streets one day" one bit.
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This film reflects quite nicely - I mean in terms of the credibility of the recording - how bad the situation is for some people in one of the largest cities in the world. Brazil isn't a great place to live for everyone. Unfortunately, this movie sometimes focuses too much on how poor everyone is that it can get annoying. But it's nice that it's gritty, action-packed, and still human.
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