(My uncle killed a guy)
(35 mm, 85 min, color, 2004)
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Duca, 15, discovers that the crimes he sees on his computer games can also take place in real life, when his uncle Eder is arrested for an ill explained murder. Duca decides to investigate the case himself, and is joined by his friends Kid and Isa. But Isa seems to be more interested in Kid. And Kid seems more interested in the first female who comes along. And Duca, of course, is actually only interested in Isa. |
Director: Jorge Furtado
Executive Producers: Nora Goulart, Luciana Tomasi
e Paula Lavigne
Written by: Jorge Furtado e Guel Arraes
Cinematographer: Alex Sernambi
Art Director: Fiapo Barth
Music by: Caetano Veloso e André Moraes
Production Coordinator: Marco Baioto
Editor: Giba Assis Brasil
Assistant Director: Ana Luiza Azevedo
A Casa de Cinema PoA
and Natasha Filmes Production
Main Cast:
Darlan Cunha (Duca)
Sophia Reis (Isa)
Renan Gioelli (Kid)
Lázaro Ramos (Éder)
Ailton Graça (Laerte)
Dira Paes (Cléa)
Deborah Secco (Soraia)
Some reviews
"The
title MY UNCLE KILLED A GUY means much more than the starting point of
the movie’s crime plot. It is the key to understanding Jorge Furtado’s
new movie as a comedy made from the subjective point of view of a teenager.
(...) The production combines market values (famous actors in supporting
roles, and an outstanding soundtrack by famous names) with talents traditionally
connected with the Casa de Cinema de Porto Alegre, in a well balanced combination
of calculation and authorship. The film is commercial without betraying
its spirit and its roots."
(Carlos Alberto Mattos, CRÍTICOS.COM, 30/12/2004)
http://www.criticos.com.br/new/artigos/critica_interna.asp?artigo=796
"It
is possible to see the new feature by Furtado as a synthesis between his
two previous ones (TWO SUMMERS and THE MAN WHO COPIED), combining the theme
from the former (the adventures and discoveries of adolescence) with the
structure from the latter (discontinuous and, to a certain extent,
conceptual). And this movie that will really hit a nerve with audiences,
particularly with young viewers, because of its entertaining way of approaching
a subject that was dear to Freud and which was very skillfully explored
by Hitchcock: the analogy between criminal investigation and erotic-emotional
adventure.”
(José Geraldo Couto, FOLHA DE SÃO PAULO, 31/12/2204)
http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/fsp/ilustrad/fq3112200408.htm
"MY
UNCLE KILLED A GUY is what you can call commissioned work – but it is authorial.
(...) Jorge Furtado is so free that he is not worried about the solution
and that is not even the most important thing in the face of the funny
(and moving) ending of MY UNCLE KILLED A GUY."
(Luiz Carlos Merten, O ESTADO DE SÃO PAULO, 31/12/2004)
http://txt.estado.com.br/editorias/2004/12/31/cad001.html
"Jorge
Furtado once again is preaching a homily to his colleagues: the secret
of a good movie is in the narrative structure. That is why a good screenplay
– and that is the best thing about his third feature – is like a Pandora’s
Box ready to release the nasty demons of nonconformity to win art’s relentless
battle against the dragon of repetitiveness."
(Rodrigo Fonseca, JORNAL DO BRASIL, Rio de Janeiro, 31/12/2004)
http://jbonline.terra.com.br/jb/papel/cadernos/programa/2004/12/30/jorprg20041230005.html
"Furtado
assumes his romantic – and pop – side, as MY UNCLE KILLED A GUY is full
of references – and his skillful direction is evident in his work with
his teenage stars. Darlan Cunha – Laranjinha in the series City of Men,
in particular, shows his grown up dramatic talent.”
(Roberto Sadovski, revista SET, 31/12/2004)
http://set.peixes.uol.com.br/set_novo/estreias/index.asp?acao=filtro&cod=5769
"Filmmaker
Jorge Furtado has already consolidated his authorial voice. Furtado makes
movies about young people bent on turning their platonic feelings into
romantic action. (…) To tell this love- and detective story, Furtado uses
the language of video games, the esthetics of the internet and an eclectic
soundtrack (from Caetano Veloso to Rappin’ Hood). The strong points of
the movie are the dialogs and the narration that result in a harmonious
overlapping of words and images."
(Cléber Eduardo, revista ÉPOCA, 03/01/2005)
http://revistaepoca.globo.com/Epoca/0,6993,EPT884192-1661-1,00.html
" Jorge
Furtado’s cinema is founded on filmic elements, as he uses these elements
to visually reveal the essence of the dramas experienced by each character.
The word is there in order to drive the narrative forward and for reality
to be maintained. But the fundamentals are in the images. You only have
to think of the crudeness and vulgarity of other teenage comedies to see
the evident worth of My Uncle Killed a Guy. In this aspect, this movie
points to a possible way."
(Hélio Nascimento, JORNAL DO COMÉRCIO, Porto Alegre,
09/01/2005)
http://jc.plugin.com.br/colunistas.aspx?pCodigoColunista=133
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