(The Man who copied)
(35 mm, 124 min, cor, 2003)
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André, 20, who works as a
photocopier operator at a stationer's, desperately needs thirty-eight
reais to impress the girl of his dreams, Silvia, who lives in the
building across the street and is a salesgirl in a store selling
women's clothes. With the help of his friend Cardoso, and also of his
work colleague Marinês, André makes devises several plans
to get hold of the money. And they all work. And that is when his
troubles begin.
http://www.ohomemquecopiava.com.br about the shoot (set-nov/2001) |
Directed by: Jorge Furtado
Executive Producers: Nora Goulart e Luciana Tomasi
Written by: Jorge Furtado
Cinematography: Alex Sernambi
Art Director: Fiapo Barth
Music by: Leo Henkin
Assistant Director: Ana Luiza Azevedo
Production Coordinator: Marco Baioto
Edited by: Giba Assis Brasil
Animations Director: Allan Sieber
A Casa de Cinema PoA Production
Main Cast:
Lázaro Ramos (André)
Leandra Leal (Sílvia)
Luana Piovani (Marinês)
Pedro Cardoso (Cardoso)
Carlos Cunha Filho (Antunes)
Júlio Andrade (Feitosa)
Awards
25th Festival of New Latin-American Cinema, Havana, CUBA, 2003:
Best Actor (Lázaro Ramos).
7th Festival de Cinema Luso Brasileiro, Santa Maria da Feira, PORTUGAL, 2003:
Melhor Filme (Júri Popular), Melhor Filme (Prêmio
da Crítica), Melhor Filme (Fed. Cinceclubes).
APCA (Association of Art Critics of São Paulo) Award 2003:
Best Brazilian Film of the Year.
Reviews
"While
THE MAN WHO COPIED does not shy away from social critique, it is
precisely the opposite of a country which is always seeking sympathy,
and which seems to have nothing to show but its own misery. It is, at
the same time, a love story, an engaging comedy, and an ode to 'it is
better to struggle than to give up'. It is an outstanding film,
authentic and clever, which does not upset the expectations created by
the filmmaker with his first feature, TWO SUMMERS."
(Helena Teixeira da Silva, Jornal de Notícias, Porto, PORTUGAL,
15/12/2003)
http://jn.sapo.pt/textos/out4087.asp
"La
primera parte de EL HOMBRE QUE COPIABA deja apreciar una trama
intimista que gradualmente, sin contar "grandes cosas", se gana el
interés del espectador. Luego, aquel tono reposado acerca de los
sueños y esperanzas de un pobre hombre que parece condenado a
una vida sin sabores, salta al thriller tejido con argucia, pero con
alguna que otra reverencia a la contentura taquillera, es decir, un
happy end que no tenía que serlo tanto. Con todo, la
película es una gran gozada."
(Rolando Pérez Betancourt, GRANMA, Havana, CUBA, 10/12/2003)
http://www.granma.cubaweb.cu/2003/12/10/cultura/articulo02.html
"A
lowbudget comedy, (THE MAN WHO COPIED) is possibly the Brazilian film
of the current crop which stands (after Carandiru) most chance of
getting an international release. Lázaro Ramos, Brazil's hottest
new actor, plays the operator of a photocopy machine who ends up
involved in a bank heist. It is clever, light-hearted and touching,
even if towards the end it becomes a little too screwball for its own
good. The characters in the movie, set in the southern city of Porto
Alegre, dream of flying to Rio. It's somewhat heartening to learn that
its not just Fred, Ginger and Ronnie Biggs who flew to Rio - but that
the city is cinematic shorthand even in Brazil itself for freedom,
exoticism and glamour."
(Alex Bellos, THE GUARDIAN, Londres, INGLATERRA, 13/10/2003)
http://film.guardian.co.uk/festivals/news/0,,1062142,00.html
"En
el Festival de Cine de San Sebastián (...) se exhibió EL
HOMBRE QUE COPIABA, del brasileño Jorge Furtado, en la que hay
buenas gentes que sueñan con pequeñas, para ellos
enormes, ambiciones. Y uno sonríe porque la pizca de locura y
los sueños convertidos en realidad le complace."
(Carlos Pumares, LA RAZÓN, Madri, ESPANHA, 21/09/2003)
http://www.larazon.es/ediciones/anteriores/2003-09-21/noticias/noti_esp01.htm
"There
are very few Brazilian movies, I believe, where money - bread, cash, in
its most basic reality, in the well-characterized lack of it - is given
the role of being almost a character in the story, as is the case of
THE MAN WHO COPIED. The film might as well have been called "The Man
who Counted", like Malba Tahan's book: the protagonist has to count
every penny and spends much of his time (just like any Brazilian
filmmaker, by the way) managing his meager budget."
(Marcelo Coelho, Folha de São Paulo, 25/06/2003)
http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/fsp/ilustrad/fq2506200320.htm
"Everything
in this film has its copy, its reflected image, its double. Just like
when we go into a movie theatre and identify with a situation happening
on the screen, or with a character. But not all these doubles are
available to the viewer, as is commonly the case with easily digestible
blockbusters. They are often in the shadows, or disguised, waiting for
a more watchful eye to catch them. It is a film for all tastes."
(Alessandro Giannini, revista ISTO É GENTE, 16/06/2003)
http://www.terra.com.br/istoegente/202/diversao_arte/cine_homem_copiava.htm
"Personal
drama is just one of the segments that shape the film, which has no
qualms about taking inspiration or quoting a varied fauna of artists,
from Shakespeare to Xavier de Maistre, from Andy Warhol to Alain
Resnais. These inspirations are not manifested in an arrogant manner,
as in a certain tradition of 'films d'auteur' that cannot do without
the red carpets of international festivals. First and foremost a
scriptwriter, Furtado knows how to recycle his literary and audiovisual
passions in cinematic language. (...) The work of a craftsman perfected
over five years of work, the screenplay elaborates obstacle by
obstacle, conflict by conflict - always permeated with humor."
(Ely Azeredo, JORNAL DO BRASIL, Rio de Janeiro, 15/06/2003)
http://jbonline.terra.com.br/jb/papel/cadernob/2003/06/14/jorcab20030614005.html
"With
fine humor, the filmmaker portrays a generation without any prospects,
people who only want to get their life together, to make good money,
however they can. It is striking to see the way Furtado acknowledges
this ethical stage of Brazilian society, without passing judgment and
without a trace of self-righteousness. (...) Quite differently from
most recent films, THE MAN WHO COPIED improves as one thinks about it
over and over."
(Luis Zanin Oricchio, O ESTADO DE SÃO PAULO, 13/06/2003)
http://www.estado.estadao.com.br/editorias/2003/06/13/cad044.html
"Furtado
continues to bet on humor, on the protagonist's voice-over narration,
in his local southern Brazilian locations (out goes the beach, in comes
the city) and on references to Shakespeare. However, instead of using a
linear structure, the filmmaker embarks on a narrative experiment,
exercises in meta-language and the hypertext style that characterized
his shorts, such as the award winning ISLAND OF FLOWERS. (...) Much of
the pleasure of watching this collage of genres and quotes lies in
piecing together the memory puzzle proposed by Furtado. And the viewer
should not expect any moralistic messages or realism - THE MAN WHO
COPIED is great fantasy."
(Ticiano Osório, ZERO HORA, Porto Alegre, 13/06/2003)
http://www.clicrbs.com.br/jornais/zerohora/emaisummontedecoisa.html
"The
director has in his favor a very fortunate choice of cast, starting
with the excellent Ramos and Leandra. But the essential factor in the
quality of this film is none other than Furtado himself. (...) He is
part of a trend that is finally getting consolidated in the country,
filmmakers who recognize the crucial importance of the screenplay.
Furtado worked on THE MAND WHO COPIED for about five years. In the
first year, he says that all he did was write the narration that guides
the film, inspired in the narration of modern classics like The Catcher
in the Rye, Portnoy's Complaint and Slaughterhouse 5. The director has
no qualms about citing these and dozens of other references
deliberately included in the story. He starts with a collage, but
arrives at an original: a film that is nothing like any other film."
(Isabela Boscov, VEJA, 11/06/2003)
http://veja.abril.com.br/110603/p_131.html
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