A road movie about the end of the road, about paths diverging, when travellers' time together can only be brief.
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09/15/06
Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures
86 %
Reviews Counted: 7 Fresh: 6 Rotten:1 Average Rating: 6.8/10
Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins
Synopsis: Set in the 1940s, this highly acclaimed Brazilian road movie tells the story of two young men who travel throughout rural brazil, setting up moving picture-shows in order to sell aspirin, a recently invented wonder drug. [More]
Genre: Dramas
Director: Marcelo Gomes
Reviews
1 - 7 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
This Brazilian film has been greeted with the same sort of polite praise that Daughters of the Dust earned years ago from left-leaning critics enamored with purportedly novel modes of expression and exotic representation.
05/25/06
The two men's personalities, an out-of-the-ordinary setting and time, and camera techniques deftly used bring this quiet piece above the pack.
02/18/06
The Brazilian film Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures shows how a little imagination and a quality cinematographer can triumph over a poverty of means.
02/08/06
Top Critic
The film is well worth seeing for its views of the parched wilderness of far-flung Brazil and its talkative depiction of an unlikely friendship.
12/06/05
Top Critic
Marcelo Gomes makes an impressive if sober feature helming debut in Cinema, Aspirin and Vultures.
11/14/05
Top Critic
A virtude maior de Cinema, Aspirinas e Urubus é conseguir divertir o espectador com sua leveza, mas, ao mesmo tempo, cutucar as feridas de uma sociedade desigual e preconceituosa.
11/14/05
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by: REEL_REVIEWER 10/23/06
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