also known as Jonathas' Forest
A floresta de Jonathas2012
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4+ a beautiful film _really magic_ a bit slow maybe but i really get into slow film_love all of the characters and the mystery_some amazing moments and a great space
Starring
- David Almeida - Bushman
- Ítalo Castro - Juliano
- Chico Díaz - Zé dos Patos
- Alex Lima - Kedassere
- Maria Maciel - Maria dos Patos
- Francisco Mendes - Father
- Begê Muniz - Jonathas
- Socorro Papoula - Mother
- João Tavares - Mysterious Indian
- Viktoria Vinyarska - Milly
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4+ a beautiful film _really magic_ a bit slow maybe but i really get into slow film_love all of the characters and the mystery_some amazing moments and a great space
If you've seen the Stephen Sondheim musical, Into the Woods, you'll have a sense of this film. Jonathas and his brother, Juliano, live in the midst of the big woods of Brazil, the Amazonia where they and their parents sustain themselves by gathering from the rich bounty of the fruits in the nearby forest and in their own plantings, and sell these to motorists from a roadside stand in front of their home. The brothers go on camping trip with Juliano's friends- Milly, a young American woman travelling, probably as part of studies, and her friend who isn't named and rarely speaks, a young shamanistic native man. And they go into the woods...
The sound design was incredible and cinematography gave a great start to the film. The environment gave a more humanistic feel to the drama. However, I think the actors performance was lacking, I was unsure if this was down to the scripting or character development. A little staged.