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Sonhos e Desejos (2006) is a Portuguese movie. Marcelo Santiago has directed this movie. Mel Lisboa,Felipe Camargo,Sergio Marone,Ricardo Pereira are the starring of this movie. It was released in 2006. Sonhos e Desejos (2006) is considered one of the best Drama,Romance movie in India and around the world.
Three militants are forced to be confined within an apartment in the 1970s, in Belo Horizonte. One of them, Vaslav, a dancer, has just arrived wounded and keeps his face covered by a hood. He is received by the student Cristiana and her literature teacher Saulo, who have a sexual relationship. During the conversation, they discuss and talk about their lives, the politics and the reality of the time. Over time, she engages and falls in love with Vaclav, causing serious problems with her boyfriend.
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Sonhos e Desejos (2006) Reviews
Fighting for a cause, about society and about love
It's a Brazilian romance drama set in the period when the country was governed by a Military Dictatorship. The plot is set in the 70's and it's about a couple, CRISTIANA (Mel Lisboa) e SAULO (Filipe Camargo), that are part of a rebellious armed group which tries to fight against the dictator regime and its oppression, believing in a better future and a free country. During one of those operations one of their companions, VASLAV (Sérgio Marone) is injured in his hand and SAULO takes he to his place in order to CRISTIANA take care of him, until he gets healed. Everything is alright until the moment which starts rising a profound complicity and friendship between CRISTIANA and VASLAV. It's the beginning of a complex love triangle In spite of the political context as background it's mainly a romance drama, a bit philosophical I must say since it focus on the ideals and thoughts of that revolutionary period, but it's no more than that. It's a slow paced and melancholic film but it's never too melodramatic. In fact it's even a bit poetic at parts and, OK, I must admit it, what called my attention to this movie was the beauty of the gorgeous Mel Lisboa! She's really sweet like "mel" (in Portuguese "mel" means "honey" bee's honey. Now I understand why she has that name!:). Globally I appreciated the acting, from her and from the two other leading actors. I just didn't appreciate the acting by the Portuguese Ricardo Pereira which does a minimal role as the paranoid ROCO. I think he wasn't so fine! To sum up I enjoyed the film, I just think it's perhaps a bit slow.
Bargain basement non-starter
This VERY low budget film (about $157?) spends almost all of its 90 minutes indoors while a crisis is playing outdoors. It's about nothing less than an attempt by revolutionaries to overthrow the government of Brazil in the mid-1960s. The film purports to paint on a very large canvas when it doesn't seem to have enough money to even BUY the canvas. Where is the unrest? Where are the rabid revolutionaries? Where's the mayhem? Where's the actual plot? You won't find them in this film, except in stock footage of real events during the period. There are only three main players in the cast. It could easily have been a stage play. The one or two outdoor 'action' shots are amateurish, so unconvincing they're almost laughable. This is a film that just never seems to go anywhere, and it ends abruptly without a satisfactory explanation. The raison d'etre behind this film could very well have been an attempt to show, yet again, 'steamy' scenes of simulated sex, the same 'steamy,' simulated sex we've seen countless times before. The film could also be interpreted as a love triangle, but its outcome is so 'telegraphed' that you can tell almost precisely what is going to happen long before the curtain comes down. I watched this and really wondered why it was even made. It doesn't illuminate anything. The Brazilian troubles in the 1960s were international in their scope, but you'd never know it by watching this flick. It doesn't tell us anything about the causes of unrest, nor do we really ever find out anything about the three characters, except perhaps that they're horny. And it all moves with the pace of a snail. Other than all of this, a terrific flick.