Mãe só há uma
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Mãe só há uma
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Don't Call Me Son
Director
Release Date / Fecha de estreno
2016
Film Guide / Guía de película
Language / Idioma
Portuguese / portugués
Country / País
Production Company / Compañía de Producción
Dezenove Som e Imagens (Brazil)
Africa Filmes (Brazil)
Africa Filmes (Brazil)
Description / Descripción
A vida do adolescente Pierre vira de cabeça pra baixo quando ele recebe uma denúncia e é obrigado a fazer um teste de DNA. Após o resultado, descobre que a mulher que o criou não é sua mãe biológica, e sim uma estranha que o roubou na maternidade. Assim, ele é obrigado a trocar de família, de nome, de casa, de escola. No meio desse processo, talvez acabe trocando também até de gênero. (Papodecinema)
Pierre (the volcanic Naomi Nero) is a teenager seemingly happy in his own skin. He's handsome in an androgynous way, attractive to both the girls and boys at his school, playing in a garage rock band and occasionally wearing women's clothing when the mood suits him. His open-hearted, open-minded approach to life seems to stem in part from his permissive single mother (Daniela Nefussi). Except that the police come knocking, and it turns out that Pierre and his younger sister were stolen from different families. Now his rich biological parents (Matheus Nichtergaele and, in a stunning piece of double casting, Nefussi again) want him back. Abruptly, Pierre is uprooted from his working class neighborhood and brought inside his new family's gated community. His father shows him off to friends like his son is a trophy long overdue, while his mother fusses over him incessantly. Pierre is polite at first, but grows uncomfortable under the gaze of his new parents, and his natural instinct to rebel starts to brew. Only Pierre's new younger brother Joca (Daniel Botelho), a snotty rich kid clearly unhappy at losing his parents' attention, reacts honestly to Pierre's presence. One of the subtle touches of Muylaert's film is seeing the similarities between the two boys despite their different upbringings. "Don't Call Me Son" presents an impossible situation for all involved, and in a film that's only 82 minutes, Muylaert doesn't try to resolve all the tensions and conflicting emotions. Instead, uncertainty -- whether it's about gender or family -- feels like the healthiest and most natural state of all. Source: Thomas, Rob. "Movie review: Brazilian drama 'Don't Call Me Son' is a tangled family affair." UWIRE Text, 16 Nov. 2016, p. 1.
Pierre (el volcánico Naomi Nero) es un adolescente que parece feliz en su propia piel. Es guapo de una manera andrógina, atractivo tanto para las chicas como los chicos en su colegio; toca en una banda de rock de garaje y a veces lleva ropa de mujeres cuando tiene ganas. Su acercamiento abierto y honesto a la vida se le debe a su madre soltera y permisiva (Daniela Nefussi). Pero la policía llega y revela que Pierre y su hermana menor fueron secuestrados de distintas familias. Ahora sus padres biológicos ricos (Matheus Nichtergaele, y en un impactante doble casting, Nefussi de nuevo), quieren que vuelva. Trasladan a Pierre abruptamente de su vecindario de clase trabajadora al barrio privado de su nueva familia. Su padre muestra a Pierre como un ansiado trofeo a sus amigos, mientras su madre se preocupa por él sin cesar. Pierre se muestra educado al principio, pero se siente incómodo bajo la mirada de sus padres nuevos, y su instinto natural de rebelarse crece. Solo el nuevo hermano menor de Pierre, Joca (Daniel Botelho), un niño rico engreído enojado por la pérdida de atencion de sus padres, reacciona auténticamente a Pierre. Uno de los elementos sutiles del cine de Muylaert es la semejanza entre los dos chicos a pesar de su niñez tan differente. "Don't Call Me Son" presenta una situación imposible para todos, y en esta película que solo dura 82 minutos, Muylaert no intenta resolver todas las tensiones y emociones conflictivas. Al contrario, la incertidumbre - bien sea sobre el género o la familia - es el estado más sano y natural de todos. (Translated by Andrew Magel)
This poignant coming-of-age film from Brazil is focused on Pierre, seventeen and in the middle of puberty. Ever since his father’s death, his mother Aracy has looked after him and his younger sister Jacqueline, spoiling them both. But when his mother is arrested for having stolen him from a hospital when he was a newborn baby, Pierre’s life changes dramatically. His biological parents Gloria and Matheus have spent seventeen years searching for him; they are now desperate to make up for the lost years and spend time with their eldest son, whom they call Felipe. Observed from a critical distance by his younger brother Joca, Pierre/Felipe moves in with his well-heeled new family, who are determined to mould him according to their ideals. But Pierre has his own designs for his life. (Pragda)
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“Mãe só há uma,” Cinegogía, accessed April 25, 2024, https://cinegogia.omeka.net/items/show/815.