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O Tempo e o Vento (1985)
Beautiful , in spite of unnecessary changes.
This "Time and the Wind" is a beautiful adaptation from Érico Veríssimo's novel : aesthetically excellent, epic, respectful and faithful to Veríssimo's spirit, excellent performances (highlighted to Tarcísio Meira , in his best performance) and wonderful music by Tom Jobim (I like to say that the series's main theme can be compared with the "Lara's Theme" from "Gone with the Wind"). Unfortunately , they got some unhappy and unnecessary alterations in the history, like Eulália's (Ana Terra's sister-in-law) blindness and barely insane personality, that doesn't exist in the book. And don't make mistake: in spite of the series if call "Time and the Wind , as if it cover all the book, the series covers only the first part from the Terra-Cambará's saga, titled "The Continent". In spite of all this things, it's one of the greatest TV series made in Brazil.
Alive in Joburg (2005)
A beautiful and revolutionary movie
Most interesting in this film it's that, on the one hand, it's a science fiction. On the other hand, in contrast of what it happens in the majority of these films, history occurs in the past, in 90's. The director Neill Blomkamp uses a clear metaphor of racism, not only between whites and blacks, but between races in a ampler way. Using sci-fi and journalistic and documentary style, Blomkamp displays a courageous vision of the conflict between the races: if we observe intently, the great majority of that who discriminate aliens is the African people; ironically, they are those that would have to better understand the situation of aliens. The moral of Neill Blomkamp's fable is that any race can be racist, if it not have understanding. It is a beautiful film, and an appeals for compassion and peace between races.