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Would you watch a movie about someone’s grandfather? Does anyone apparently ordinary, with a quiet life, without great public achievements? This is exactly the proposal of Leonardo Lacca in Your Cavalcantihis second feature film, which turns his own grandfather at the center of a hybrid narrative between documentary, fiction, staging and visual effects. The result is surprising: simple in the idea, but deeply passionate and transformative.

Lacca Let it be fascinated by the grandfather, accompanying him closely, recording each gesture, every moment with an almost obsessive dedication. Anytime – a nap, a walk or a small routine deviation – is worthy of filming. But the film is not only built in the act of filming: it is in the assembly room, conducted with sensitivity by Luiz and Ricardo Prettiwhat years of images become a cohesive and sensitive movie. In this balance between continuous observation and artistic creation, the charm of Your Cavalcanti – A story that breathes authenticity, affection and care.

The director welcomes us as who invites a coffee and presents Your Cavalcantinot just in fragments of the present, but traveling more than a decade of his life. We know your routines, small adventures and attempts at freedom. Each scene brings the viewer closer to the family’s intimacy, making him complicit this attentive and affectionate look that transforms daily life into living cinema.

Each framing is a window for grandfather’s personality: his discreet mood, small eccentricities, the naturalness of routines, their dating and mischief. The result is an intimacy that exceeds almost 80 minutes; We feel we already know Your Cavalcanti For much longer, as if we were sharing years of coexistence and watching a tribute made with love and delicacy.

The director’s sensitivity to capture daily life with film intelligence transforms the film into a human and memorable human experience. Each gesture, every banal detail, is elevated to the dimension of cinema, showing that ordinary life can be extraordinary when observed with affection. Your Cavalcanti It acts as a motion album in motion, a crossing for time and the love between Neto and grandfather.

At the end, Your Cavalcanti It’s not just a movie about a man or a family. It is about the universal force of art made with affection, freedom and passion. Any story, even the simplest, can touch, inspire, thrill and transform. Cinema, above all, reveals itself here as a form of love – capable of making everyday life extraordinary and remember the power of affection in each scene.

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