In the rural countryside of Brazil, the boy Thiago lives in a simple house in an isolated area with his brutal but hardworking father; his submissive mother; his comrade uncle; his grandmother and his four siblings. Along the days, he witnesses an intense quarrel when his father accuses his mother of betrayal; later his grandmother expelling his uncle from home. When his brother Felipe hurts his foot, he gets sick without medication and dies. Then his uncle tells him that his father has killed a neighbor in an argument and now he is hidden in the country. Finally Thiago moves to the big city with a doctor to get education and a pair of glasses.
"Mutum" is a coming of age timeless story seen through the eyes of a child. In this regard, the work of the director Sandra Kogut and the boy Thiago da Silva Mariz are perfect. However, the slow-paced story is also pointless and quite boring since the screenplay writer seems to have forgotten that a movie needs to follow a minimum structure with a plot point to keep the attention of the viewers. The movie uses non- professional actors and actresses (I believe only João Miguel and Rômulo Braga are actors); therefore the director explores the expressions of the young cast instead of lines and the "soundtrack" of the nature in the countryside. Further, the location is not informed but in accordance with persons that read the Guinarães Rosa's novel, it is in the back land of Minas Gerais. My vote is six.
Title (Brazil): "Mutum"
"Mutum" is a coming of age timeless story seen through the eyes of a child. In this regard, the work of the director Sandra Kogut and the boy Thiago da Silva Mariz are perfect. However, the slow-paced story is also pointless and quite boring since the screenplay writer seems to have forgotten that a movie needs to follow a minimum structure with a plot point to keep the attention of the viewers. The movie uses non- professional actors and actresses (I believe only João Miguel and Rômulo Braga are actors); therefore the director explores the expressions of the young cast instead of lines and the "soundtrack" of the nature in the countryside. Further, the location is not informed but in accordance with persons that read the Guinarães Rosa's novel, it is in the back land of Minas Gerais. My vote is six.
Title (Brazil): "Mutum"