The “Lightyear” animation, which features a character from the “Toy Story” series, is the main theatrical release this Thursday (16/6) with a distribution in approximately 1,400 theaters.
Despite this dominance, the program offers other premieres on a smaller circuit, including two musical biographies: a French production inspired by the life of Céline Dion and a Brazilian period drama about Celly Campello, a pioneer of national rock.
There is also a very tense French thriller and a Brazilian police officer. “A Suspeita”, by the way, won the most recent award in Glória Pirez’s career.
The list also includes two documentaries: on singer George Michael, co-directed by him, and on political coverage of “Vaza Jato”.
Check out the trailers and more details of the seven films that are on display below.
| BRIGHT YEAR |
In his solo film, the famous “Toy Story” character is not a toy, but a real astronaut. In the plot, he embarks on a legitimate science fiction adventure – and very conventional – with the right to space and time travel “to infinity and beyond”, at the origin of the conflict with the villain Zurg and especially the first lesbian kiss in Disney story – which caused the film to be banned in conservative countries.
To differentiate the production, the character changed the design and even the voice. Official voice of Buzz Lightyear in “Toy Story”, Tim Allen has given way to Chris Evans, Captain America of the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe). There was a change in Brazil too, with presenter Marcos Mion taking over the dub of Guilherme Briggs.
Angus MacLane, Pixar animator who co-directed “Finding Dory” and also worked on “Toy Story” – has signed two short films for the franchise and animated “Toy Story 3”.
| ALINE – THE VOICE OF LOVE |
The French musical drama is inspired by the life of Céline Dion. Written, directed and performed by the French Valerie Lemercier (“50 is the New 30”), it follows “Aline Dieu”, a fictional singer who has a life very similar to the interpreter of the theme song of “Titanic”.
The plot tells the trajectory of the artist from his childhood in Canada, in the Quebec region during the 1960s, through his transformation into a singer in the 1980s and up to his world stardom, underlining his love story and the her marriage to the wealthy businessman. man who found out. In real life, Céline married the man who discovered her and bet everything about her on her success, René Angélil, who died in 2016.
Lemercier won the César (French Oscar) for Best Actress for her performance.
| A COLD BUD |
The film tells the story of the first Brazilian rock star: Celly Campello, responsible for hits like “Banho de Lua” and “Estúpido Cupido” in 1959.
The role of the young Célia, who began singing as a teenager in Taubaté, in the hinterland of São Paulo, in the shadow of her brother Tony, before having her own show on TV Record, marks the film debut of the actress Marianna Alexandre , with a career in theatrical musicals. It looks good, but the film directed by Luís Alberto Pereira (“Red Carpet”) does not delve into the difficulties Celly faced when singing rock in a very conservative period – and so well played by costumes and sets -, giving the biopic the look of a children’s novel.
| THE SUSPECT |
Glória Pires was awarded at the last Gramado Festival as Best Actress for her performance in this film, in which she plays a policewoman diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. As she comes to terms with her retirement, her investigation into her latest case unveils a plan that could make her a suspect in murder. She soon realizes that she will have to find the real culprit as she fights memory lapses and rejects advice to take it easy.
Globo soap opera director Pedro Peregrino made his film debut in front of this crime thriller, written by two expert screenwriters, Newton Cannito (“Bróder”, “Reza a Lenda”) and Thiago Dottori (“VIPs” and “Turma da Mônica: Laços “), in collaboration with the producer Fernanda De Capua (” Domingo “).
| EXPLOSIVE TRAP |
The French prison thriller is set almost entirely around a car in a parking lot. Sitting in the driver’s seat, the protagonist, played by Nora Arnezeder (“Zoo”), notices her countdown of a bomb on the dashboard of the vehicle. She is a bomb disposal expert who works for an NGO with her boyfriend, but this time any mistake could cost not only her life but that of her boyfriend’s son and daughter sitting in the back seat. her. With only 30 minutes to stop the explosion, she summons the team she works with to deactivate the trap.
Written and directed by Vanya Peirani-Vignes, who signed her first feature film after working as assistant to maestro Claude Lelouch on five films.
| GEORGE MICHAEL FREEDOM NOT CUT |
Described as “deeply autobiographical,” the documentary is anchored in unedited testimony by George Michael, recorded prior to his death in 2016. The singer was heavily involved in the production, to the point of being credited as co-director.
In the work, he reflects on the “turbulent” period since the release of his most successful album, “Faith”, which won a Grammy in 1987, and his 1990 album, “Listen Without Prejudice: Vol.” Freedom 90 “, is out, the song that gives the movie its name. During the release of this album, Michael came into conflict with Sony and, as a result, the promotion was jeopardized by the record company and the singer himself. To finish, immediately later she suffered a great personal loss: the untimely death of her first love, the Brazilian designer Anselmo Feleppa, due to AIDS in 1993.
| THE SECRET FRIEND |
The documentary deals with the leakage of messages from members of the Operação Lava-Jato, a crime that became known as “Vaza-Jato”. Directed by Maria Augusta Ramos, who made “O Processo”, about Dilma Rousseff’s impeachment, the film bears the testimony of some of the journalists who worked on the coverage and publication of the messages in 2019, including Leandro Demori, of The Intercept website of Brazil and Marina Rosse, from El País Brasil.
The work of hackers who were arrested by the federal police, the leak helped to free Luis Inácio Lula da Silva from conviction for corruption and questioned the rulings of Judge Sergio Moro, considered suspicious by the Federal Supreme Court (STF) .
Source: Terra
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