The weekend will be a terror in theaters. The biggest debut of the week is “The Death of the Demon – The Ascension”, a continuation of a franchise that began in the 80s, which returns with much more blood and accompanied by the most exciting reviews of the entire saga. Still on the big circuit, “The Three Musketeers – D’Artagnan” revives the swashbuckling genre on today’s tight budget. While the story has already been extensively filmed, the new adaptation is one of the best yet.
The highlight of the limited circuit is “Beau Tem Afraid”, a new feature film by Ari Aster, director of “Hereditary” and “Midsommar”, which this time is not a terror, but a nightmare. Among other titles, the week of Indigenous Peoples Day also welcomes two Brazilian films with an indigenous theme. Check out all of this Thursday’s (4/20) releases below.
| THE DEATH OF THE DEMON – THE ASCENSION |
The rescue of the 80s franchise repeats the surprise caused by the return of “Scream”, presenting one of the best films of the entire saga. Visceral and gory, it shows the terrifying demonic possession of a woman, who tries to kill her sister and her own children.
The plot revolves around two estranged sisters, played by Alyssa Sutherland (“Vikings”) and Lily Sullivan (“Mental”), who decide to get back together after a long estrangement, only to have their reunion interrupted by a possession that puts their their lives at risk your loved ones at risk. In addition to the new characters, the film also innovates on the original premise. Instead of taking place in a cabin in the middle of the forest, this time the demon attacks take place in a normal apartment.
Shot in New Zealand, terrorzão is the second feature film by Irish director Lee Cronin, personally selected by Sam Raimi, producer and creator of the franchise, after his debut with the independent horror “The Hole in the Ground” – awarded in 2019 at Fant , fantastic film festival in Bilbao, Spain. And it achieved a 96% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
| THE THREE MUSKETEERS – D’ARTAGNAN |
Alexandre Dumas’ classic adventure gets one of its best and most expensive releases. The famous story follows D’Artagnan, a poor and vivacious young man whose well-meaning actions place him at the center of a palace intrigue, with the future of France at stake. The only ones who can stop the dark machinations of Cardinal de Richelieu are the three musketeers who find him irritating, Athos, Porthos and Aramis. But everything gets complicated when he falls madly in love with Constance Bonacieux, the Queen’s confidant, and puts himself in the crosshairs of another mortal enemy: Milady de Winter.
Directed by Martin Bourboulon (“Eiffel”), the feature brings together a very famous cast, which includes François Civil (“Love at Second Sight”), Pio Marmaï (“The Happening”), Romain Duris (“Eiffel”) and Vincent Cassel (“Deep Menace”) as D’Artagnan and the Three Musketeers, as well as Eva Green (“Home for Peculiar Children”), Vicky Krieps (“Corsage”), Lyna Khoudri (“The French Chronicle”), Eric Ruf ( “The Officer and the Spy”) and Louis Garrel (“The Festival of Love”) as King Louis XIII.
| BEAU IS AFRAID |
The new film from director Ari Aster (director of the horrors “Hereditary” and “Midsommar”) is a three-hour neurotic odyssey starring Joaquin Phoenix (“Joker”). Far from being as accessible a film as the director’s previous works, it is pure surrealism, despite the deceptively simple premise. In the plot, Beau (Phoenix) needs to travel to his mother’s funeral, but childhood memories, bizarre encounters, homeless invasions, a serial killer in his home, a traumatized war veteran in the woods and nightmares about a dystopian future arise in your path. . All on the notes of “Goodbye Stranger”, a 1979 hit by Supertramp.
The film is presented as a great psychotic break with Freudian references and more unexpected / unusual scenes than the wildest expectations of any viewer.
The cast also includes Parker Posey (“Lost in Space”), Amy Ryan (“Afraid of the Truth”), Nathan Lane (“Only Murders in the Building”), Michael Gandolfini (“The Many Saints of Newark”) and Kylie Rogers (“Yellowstone”).
| PACIFICATION |
Albert Serra’s dramatic thriller (“The Story of My Death”) is set on the French Polynesian island of Tahiti and follows a calculating but polite politician played by Benoît Magimel (“Prime Sofia”). Able to move among the sophisticated elite, but also through obscure places, he takes advantage of his transit between locations to investigate a persistent rumor from the sighting of a submarine on the coast, whose ghostly presence could herald the return of French nuclear tests.
With extraordinary cinematography and critically acclaimed (85% approval on Rotten Tomatoes), the feature film earned Magimel the César (the French Oscar) as best actor of the year for his performance.
| NO ONE IS NO ONE’S |
Director Wagner de Assis continues his spiritualist filmography, which includes “Nosso Lar” (2010), “A Menina Índigo” (2016), “Kardec” (2019) and “Chico forever” (2022). in a two-in-one film that begins as a drama about toxic relationships, unhealthy jealousy and obsession, but ends up becoming a ghost story. Based on the bestseller by Zíbia Gasparetto, the story accompanies two couples and the unhealthy jealousy of their partners, which generates a tragedy that goes beyond life. The cast includes Carol Castro (“Maldives”), Danton Mello (“Fatedestined: Arigó and the Spirit of Doctor Fritz”), Rocco Pitanga (“Impuros”) and Paloma Bernardi (“The Chosen One”).
| DOCE RIVER |
The drama tells the story of Tiago, a young factory worker who discovers who his absent father was, meets his stepsisters and begins to question his own identity on the eve of his 28th birthday. Living in Rio Doce, on the outskirts of Olinda, in the Recife metropolitan area, he struggles to find his place in the world. The first feature film by Fellipe Fernandes (assistant director of “Bacurau”) was screened in the Novos Rumos section of the Festival do Rio and stars rapper Okado do Canal (“Carro Rei”).
| PARA’Í |
Screened at festivals around the world, Vinicius Toro’s debut film portrays the acculturation of indigenous peoples in Brazil based on the story of Pará, a Guarani girl who accidentally finds a traditional Guarani corn, which she had never seen before, and, enchanted by the beauty of its colorful seeds, she tries to cultivate it. Moved by this fascination, she begins to wonder about her place in her world: why she doesn’t speak Guarani, why she is different from her schoolmates, why her father attends the Christian church, why her people she fights for the land. The main cast is all Indigenous actors in their first film roles.
| THE BLACK EARTH OF THE KAWA |
Amazonian director Sergio Andrade, from the award-winning “A Floresta de Jonathas” (2012) and “Before Time Didn’t End” (2016), once again tackles the mysteries of the rainforest, this time in a fantasy and sci-fi tone . The story follows a group of scientists who excavate soils within the Amazon looking for fertile land for agricultural purposes. But as they approach the Kawa Indigenous Territory, they notice that the land in the region has energetic and sensory powers. Mysticism and science collide in a traditional/indigenous rights struggle against capitalist greed.
Screened at the 2018 Rio Film Festival, the film took five years to reach the commercial circuit. The cast includes Mariana Lima (“Where My Heart Is”), Marat Descartes (“Working Tires”), Felipe Rocha (“La Vingança”), Kay Sara (“Invisible City”), Anderson Tikuna (“Before Time Didn’t End”) and Ermelinda Yapario (“Invisible City”).
Source: Terra
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