Os Desafinados (2008)

Director:

Walter Lima Jr.

Writers:

Walter Lima Jr. (screenplay)
Suzana Macedo (writer)

Release Date:

29 August 2008 (Brazil)

Genre:

Drama | Musical

Plot:

'Slightly Out Of Tune' is about a group of friends who come of age during the political turmoil that plagued Brazil in the 1960's and 70's...

Plot Keywords:

Friend | Bossa Nova | Love Triangle | Politics | Rio De Janeiro Brazil

Awards:

5 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Rodrigo Santoro	...	Joaquim (young) / Antonio Goldfaber
Cláudia Abreu	...	Glória
Selton Mello	...	Dico - young
Alessandra Negrini	...	Luiza
Ângelo Paes Leme	...	Davi - young
Jair de Oliveira	...	Geraldo - young
André Moraes	...	Paulo Cesar - young
Genésio de Barros	...	Davi - old
Antonio Pedro	...	Paulo César - old (as Antonio Pedro Borges)
Vanessa Gerbelli	...	Dora
Arthur Kohl	...	Dico - old
Benê Silva	...	Geraldo - old
Renato Borghi	...	Cônsul Carlos José
Michel Bercovitch	...	Leon
Ailton Graça	...	Smuggler

Also Known As:

Out of Tune (Europe: English title) (festival title)

Runtime:

Brazil:139 min | Germany:128 min (European Film Market)

Country:

Brazil

Language:

Portuguese | English | French | Spanish

Color:

Black and White | Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Ravina Filmes

Soundtrack:

Desafinado

Bossa Nova goes awry.

I'm a great fan of Bossa Nova. I like movies that are inspired or talk about the theme because i can always expect something surprisingly good regarding the story or (specially) the soundtrack.

i've just seen the movie. And here's what i've got to say about it: I wouldn't see it again because i feel that even if i did, i wouldn't find any meaning in the parts that i didn't understand what the director was doing between the time warps and explanations here and there. A narrative pacing should have been included to ease the problem.

And also, to be very honest i couldn't tell the resemblance between the young characters from the older ones (Except, of course, for the bass player - the black guy).

I really thought that Old-Santoro's was alive and not dead and i felt annoyed all the time when i had to start "thinking and assuming" some contexts within the movie to try to understand it. You get lost and annoyed in this process and the movie goes awry. At least for me.

Other than that, the only thing that i have to cheer in this movie is the soundtrack. I agree with the other opinions so far inserted in here and other than that i have nothing else to add.