Brazilian: The House of Sand

In the film, the time passes come from heaven. When the caravan led by Vasco de Sá (Ruy Guerra) arrives in the middle of nowhere and stops, his wife Aurea (Torres) not delay to want to go back to town and take his mother along, Maria (Montenegro). There also is slow to the dunes become even more desert and Golden, pregnant, have only the mother and future daughter for company. In the wanderings through the region are Massu (Seu Jorge) and a village that was once a quilombo. The new neighbors will help them in the task of surviving in the middle of the sand. With the exception of merchant Chico (Emiliano Queiroz), the next contact with civilization will happen only nine years later, when Golden is an expedition of British scientists was in northeastern Brazil to photograph the sky and thus help prove the theory of relativity Einstein. This meeting is reborn desire to leave. Looking up, we see after aircraft, bringing news of what happened not only with the lives of Maria, Aurea and Maria, but also in the world, which was in the midst of World War II. The third major event, perhaps the most beautiful, has as a reference point the arrival of man on the moon.
                          
As monochrome as the natural satellite is the scenario, as well as reminds Golden, "which is not sand is heaven." But this absence of other colors does not hurt. In fact, if it were different probably would not work. The same can be said of almost complete absence of music. What is heard more noises are. Even the dialogues are economical, leaving the more visual history. And it works well!

In times when romantic comedies starring global players and "actresses" beer advertising come to the mountains, good to see more elaborate films. Do not get me wrong. Each has its value in the much-talked resumption of Brazilian cinema. One calls the populace to cinemas and amuses. The other takes advantage of this blockbuster to raise funds for the environment and develop denser projects. It helps a lot also have talent and Andruchas Fernandas. The mother, in fact, should be able to carry out such travel at the speed of light commented in the film because exudes a unique playfulness on the big screen.