Single Brazilian Film among the 100 best of the 21st century, according to NY Times

THE The New York Times He released a list of the 100 best films of the 21st century and a single Brazilian movie appeared between 100. To reach the result, the US newspaper has invited more than 500 directors, actors and influential professionals from the film industry around the world to vote for their personal choices since January 1, 2000.

Among the voters are names like Guillermo Del Toro (The shape of the water), Sofia Coppola (Encounters and mismatches), Pedro Almodóvar (Pain and glory), Julianne Moore (Forever Alice), Mikey Madison (Anora), in addition to Pamela Anderson (The Last Showgirl) and Rachel Zegler (Snowwit) – which even included the Brazilian Invisible life (2019) among your favorites.

The Brazilian film that managed to reach enough score to arrive among the 100 is City of God (2002), Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund. The feature appears in 15th place, accompanied by the following text:

One teenager forces another, even younger, to kill a younger child. The victim shrinks inside a surrounded courtyard that resembles a little beer. Nearby, he cries another boy, about 5 years old – he was shot in the foot to “give a message”, but also for fun. The fact that a movie contains this scene and yet can provoke something beyond revulsion is a testimony of its narrative complexity, the stunning visual style and the cast of the cast. It is a painful but poetic meditation on survival in the City of God favela in Rio de Janeiro.

Among the personalities who voted in City of God is the actor Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 years of slavery), who wrote: “The first time you watch [ao filme]feel the heat, the sweat on the back, the pressure, the streets. Few movies can play you in the middle of an environment with such precision.”

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