The Movie of My Life

"I arrived and he left. The rest, I can't tell."

2017 1h 53m PT

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7.3

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★7.3TMDB · 122

Drama

Synopsis

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The sierras of southern Brazil, 1963. The son of an French man and a Brazilian woman, Tony is a young man with a profound love of cinema and poetry. After graduating from college he returns to his small town in rural Brazil, to find out that his father had left for good, back to France. Tony then looks for the company of his fathers friends in search of information and references of a lost male role-model. He becomes a school teacher and a male figure to kids, in an attempt to provide them with something he lacks himself. A series of developments lead him to a surprising final lead on his fathers' whereabouts and reasons for leaving.

“I arrived and he left. The rest, I can't tell.”

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Cast

Johnny Massaro
Tony Terranova
Vincent Cassel
Nicolas Terranova
Bruna Linzmeyer
Luna Madeira
Selton Mello
Paco
Ondina Clais
Sofia Terranova
Bia Arantes
Petra Madeira
Rolando Boldrin
Giuseppe
João Pedro Prates
Augusto Madeira

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Selton Mello
Writers: Selton Mello, Marcelo Vindicato
Languages: Portuguese
Countries: Brazil

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ERA

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Released 9 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Selton Mello, shot by Walter Carvalho. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Plínio Profeta. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Marcio Hashimoto shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Johnny Massaro and Vincent Cassel and Bruna Linzmeyer carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "I arrived and he left. The rest, I can't tell.".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt4012424 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Selton Mello directs. Walter Carvalho behind the camera. Plínio Profeta scores. Marcio Hashimoto cuts. Produced in Brazil. Dialogue in Portuguese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 9 years ago.
2Directed by Selton Mello, shot by Walter Carvalho. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Plínio Profeta. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Marcio Hashimoto shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Johnny Massaro and Vincent Cassel and Bruna Linzmeyer carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "I arrived and he left. The rest, I can't tell.".
7IMDB entry: tt4012424 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.