One of the most excruciatingly and painful "artistic" experiences I ever had to see. The most pretentious, long ramblings and unusual
musical moments and even though it's just 35 minutes it feels like it goes forever. My description on the plot comes from a somewhat viewed
presentation that could be satisfactory the page; I won't say it is the actual "film".
This tribute to Manoel Bandeira, echoing four of his poetic works, has a mix of dance, music numbers and the poems of his, performed
by four creepy characters: a vampire-like dude, an unknown other man (couldn't figure out what kind of mystical element he represents; a really
creepy slow old-lady; and a female witch type. It drags on and on inside the beautiful theatre, and I'll be forever trauamtized whenever I see
a performance of "Estrela da Manhã" poem if I ever hear it again.
B-movie style, as most of Jomard Muniz projects are shown in a amateur kind of way (not complaining since he had better things). Badly
lit, badly staged, highly ordinary use of angles but outside of technique it's incoherent to understand why such setting was creating for
great works as Bandeira did - though I'm not a poet enthusiast, though I love "Vou-me Embora pra Pasagarda" which is amazingly lovely yet it's
not performed here (they prefer "Recife" instead, which makes total sense because of the group of actors and location.
I really wanted to be dead as I was watching it, in all honesty, and it's a very hard feeling for me to say. Of recent years, it's a
huge waste of my time....except for a brief bit where "Far From Over" by Frank Stallone was randomly played and that was back when "Staying Alive"
was released (or very close to it). Just love that song. 1/10.