A traumatic love, on which Rimini (Gael García Bernal) fails to discard. Read More »
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My Hindu Friend (2015) Hector Babenco, Willem Dafoe, Maria Fernanda Cândido, Reynaldo Gianecchini
His father has died, he doesn’t speak for his brother for about 10 years and he has a serious cancer. Read More »
Ironweed (1987) Hector Babenco, Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep, Carroll Baker, Drama
Albany, New York, Halloween, 1938. Francis Phelan and Helen Archer are bums, back in their birth city. She was a singer on the radio, he a major league pitcher. Death surrounds them: she’s sick, a pal has cancer, he digs graves at the cemetery and visits the grave of his infant son whom he dropped; visions of his past haunt him, including ghosts of two men he killed. That night, out drinking, Helen tries to sing at a bar. Next day, Fran visits his wife and children and meets a grandson. He could stay, but decides it’s not for him. Helen gets their things out of storage and finds a hotel. Amidst their mistakes and dereliction, the film explores their code of fairness and loyalty.
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