Superpets animation is the main debut in theaters

The biggest film debut of the week is the animation “DC League of Superpets”, a sort of “Pets – The Secret Life of Pets” featuring the superheroes of DC Comics. The film will arrive at the end of the school holidays on a congested circuit and will compete for space with current box office leader, “Minions 2: The Rise of Gru”.

In all, the theaters receive nine titles. Among the limited releases, the highlight is “A Hero”, a new award-winning film by Iranian Asghar Farhadi, who has two Oscars behind it and which was embroiled in a controversy after the launch of the production. The list also includes a commemorative reissue of “Eu, Chistiane F., 13 Anos, Drogada and Restituda”, on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the German classic, and national productions. See below for more details.

| ALLOY DC SUPERPETS |

Animation focusing on Krypto, the superdog, shows how pets gain superpowers and team up to save the world, while Superman is in trouble. The story tells a very different origin for most of the characters, but it doesn’t matter, because the tone is of a seedy comedy, which even makes fun of Batman’s seriousness – voiced by Keanu Reeves (“The Matrix”) in English.

Most people will see the dubbed copies, but it’s worth knowing that the original vocal cast is spectacular, most notably Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson (from the “Jumanji” franchise) as the voice of Krypto, John Krasinski (“A Place Silent “) as Superman, Marc Maron (” GLOW “) as the villain Lex Luthor, Olivia Wilde (” Tron: Legacy “) as Lois Lane and Kevin Hart (also from” Jumanji “) as the voice of Ace, the dog who in the 1950s comics was Batman’s dog-bat.

Written and directed by Jared Stern (writer of “Lego Batman: The Movie”) and Sam Levine (from the animated series “Penn Zero: Almost a Hero”).

| A HERO |

Asghar Farhadi’s new drama, which won two Oscars for Best International Film for “A Separation” (2011) and “The Apartment” (2016), also won 11 international awards, including the Grand Jury Prize at the Festival of Cannes. and was selected to represent Iran at the 2022 Oscars. The plot follows a man named Rahim who, after being released from debt prison, returns a lost bag full of gold coins, an act that seems to make him a good Samaritan man. However, the story turns out to be more complicated.

The complication also extended to the backstage. Young Azadeh Masihzadeh, who was a student of Farhadi’s, says the script for her documentary “All Wins, All Lose”, about a man who finds a bag of gold and decides to return it to its owner, served as the basis for “A hero.” Worse: “All Wins, All Lose” was developed as a class work in a directing course. The fight ended in court – and in Iran that can lead to arrests and lashes.

| GOOD LUCK BIG LEO |

The British actress Emma Thompson (“MIB: Men in Black – International”) lives a widow who decides to sign the Big Lion of the title, a ring star played by Daryl McCormack (“The Wheel of Time”) who, in addition to providing the her first orgasm, she also becomes her confidant. The almost theatrical narration (one setting, two actors, many dialogues) is directed by the Australian Sophie Hyde (“Animals”).

| TO OUR CHILDREN |

The film directed by the Portuguese Maria Medeiros (actress of “Pulp Fiction”) makes its commercial debut almost three years after its premiere at the Rio Festival. Based on the play by Laura Castro, it follows a former political prisoner (Marieta Severo), who decides to divorce (from José de Abreu) ​​and does not accept the desire of her lesbian daughter (Laura Castro herself) to have a child with his wife. The news of the pregnancy generates an intense confrontation, in which mother and daughter disagree at all in their views on the family. At the same time, there is a counterpoint with sick children waiting for action. The screenplay was awarded at the LGBTQIA + Film Festival in Milan.

| TROPICAL FADO |

In Cavi Borges’ independent film (“A French film”), two brothers (Patricia Niedermeier and Jorge Caetano) meet again in Lisbon to throw their father’s ashes in three places in Portugal. This trip generates emotional problems, but it basically serves as a tourist record.

| POETS OF THE SKY |

A documentary on the world of pyrotechnics (fireworks), which shows some of the most important creators of this art, their creative and emotional process, and presents the main festivals related to this art. Directed by Mexican Emilio Maillé, it won the trophy for best documentary at the Amiens Festival in France.

| VOLTA SEA |

Traveling without borders between the north-eastern hinterland and the swamps of northern Germany, between drought and abundance, the Brazilian documentary maker Danilo Carvalho (“Torquato Imagem da Incompleude”) and the German Philipp Hartmann (“Time passes like a lion that roars “) record the complex and fundamental relationship of the human being with water.

| BRAZIL AFRICA – A NATURAL LINK |

Dener Giovanini’s documentary (“Amores Santos”) starts from the idea that Brazil and Africa formed a single continent in the distant past, Gonduana, to draw parallels between stories of determination, entrepreneurship and overcoming the main African and Brazilian challenges.

| ME, CHRISTIANE F., 13 YEARS OLD, DRUGS AND PROSTITUTE – ISSUE 40 YEARS |

Uli Edel’s film gave a lot to talk about 40 years ago. Based on a famous memoir, it shows how the German teenager with the title goes to hell in the 1970s when she becomes addicted to heroin. Everything in her life slowly begins to revolve around drugs, including her new addict friends and her slutty boyfriend, who inspire her to prostitute herself at age 13 to support her addiction. In addition to the shocking scenes, which include sharing dirty syringes in the dirty toilets of the Berlin subway zoo station, the film also captures scenes from a David Bowie concert at the height of his career.

By the way, this story was recently redone in the miniseries “We, The Children of the Zoo Station” (2021), available on HBO Max.

Source: Terra

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