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Summary: Great book. Great actress. Good soundtrack. Mediocre Film
Review: Adapted from Jorge Amado's brilliant book, this should have been much better considering its source, the talents of actress Sonia Braga, director Carlos Diegus's past films, and a soundtrack by Caetano Veloso! Sadly it's an average film, with a handful of well known Brazilian actors and some nice locations-- nothing more, nothing less. You'll watch this once but probably never need to again. The problem is partly that Amado's books are hard to condense in under two hours and his books tend to include a lot characters' inner thoughts and emotions that are hard to translate onto film when you consider his books average about 500 pages or more. There are a handful of grammar & spelling mistakes in the English subtitles too. A pleasant enough film but nothing special.
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Summary: Hugely disappointing!
Review: Another one of those books that didn't translate well to the bring screen. In Brazil they frequently make mini-series based on famous works of literature; in such a format, there's a lot more time to develop a work of the complexity of "Tieta do Agreste". In fact, there has been a mini-series made of this novel in Brazil, but I haven't seen it. However, from seeing other Brazillian mini-series made of other Jorge Amado novels (of which there have been probably a dozen), I can say that they have tended to come across better than a hour-and-a-half to two hour movie; that simply is not enough time to present any of the longer novels of Amado. In the case of this movie, the focus is primarily on the relationship between Tieta and her nephew, while the main plot of the novel, the machinations of unscrupulous industrialists to locate a highly toxic titanium oxide plant in the middle of a pristine tropical paradise, is almost an afterthought. The cinematography may be beautiful, and Sonia Braga never looked more gorgeous, but if you've read the wonderful novel, it's just not enough! Altogether disappointing.
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Summary: A truly well done cinema that really tells the story of Bras
Review: Great entertainment, viewed it in portuguse more than 4 times.
Sonia Braga is great as the "rich aunt" who returns to her home town. The story is dramatic and fun to watch. Every time I want to feel like I'm in Brasil I watch this video.
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Summary: I am impressed
Review: I'm a new fan of Brazilian cinema. Carlos Diegues is a true Brazilian director. He does a good job at producing a movie which captures the sensuality of Brazil without going overboard with explicit scenes. It's a beautiful movie with the help of Sonia Braga who is not only a great actress, but a beautiful woman. After seen Diegues' other film, Bye Bye Brazil, you can tell he knows about capturing the Brazilian mentality.
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Summary: I am impressed
Review: I'm a new fan of Brazilian cinema. Carlos Diegues is a true Brazilian director. He does a good job at producing a movie which captures the sensuality of Brazil without going overboard with explicit scenes. It's a beautiful movie with the help of Sonia Braga who is not only a great actress, but a beautiful woman. After seen Diegues' other film, Bye Bye Brazil, you can tell he knows about capturing the Brazilian mentality.
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Summary: EXCELLENT
Review: Magnifique film. Depuis longtemps, on n'avait rien vu d'aussi chaleureux, enjoué et sensible. Du grand cinema latin comme on aimerait en voir plus souvent.
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Summary: EXCELLENT
Review: Magnifique film. Depuis longtemps, on n'avait rienvu d'aussi chaleureux, enjouué et sensible. Du grand cinema latin
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Summary: This Tropical Skin
Review: Sonia Braga all the times is wonderful. I love her
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Summary: a magia do nordeste
Review: the atmosphere of a small village in the Nordeste, beautiful light, colors landscape , beaches . Wonderful music from caetano veloso (the cd is a must)
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Summary: Read the book first
Review: The book (by Jorge Amado) should be read before seeing the movie.I did enjoy the movie, but this is one of those wonderful books that could never fully be captured on film (though I do have to say the casting was great all around -- will have to reread the book again now that I have the picture of Sonia Braga as Tieta in my head). A great movie... if you read the book... but... I think it would be a lot harder to follow without the knowledge of the book. (It doesn't contradict the book, it's just a lot less complex a story than the book, but that's the nature of distilling a 400 page book into a 2 hour movie.)
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