In our wide-ranging conversation, we covered the hazy distinctions between past, present, and future in both Brazil and the United States.
The film succeeds as a stingingly personal missive aimed squarely at Brazil’s right-wing resurgence.
Aquarius is a critique of a daydream that has the imaginative daring to live that very dream anyway.
Mendonça Filho’s message in Aquarius is for a Brazil to recognize the strength and power of its heritage.
The images, while beautiful, are sentimental, as if Kleber Mendonça Filho is trying to negotiate too much.
The 40-odd festival titles I caught at Rotterdam this year offered consistent amazement.