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Saudade do Futuro
Laterit Productions

Saudade do Futuro reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 57 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
9.0 out of 10
based on 7 reviews
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MPAA RATING: Not Rated

Starring Luiza Erundina, Fábio Freire, Ezequias Lira, and Thomas Rohrer

Records the sights and sounds of the many extraordinary street musicians of Sao Paulo whose music and lyrics tell the stories of their lives with improvised humor, drama and colorful vulgarisms. (Film Forum)


GENRE(S): Documentary  
WRITTEN BY: Marie-Clemence Blanc-Paes
César Paes
Marie Clémence Paes
 
DIRECTED BY: César Paes  
RELEASE DATE: DVD: May 18, 2004 
Theatrical: June 20, 2001 
RUNNING TIME: 94 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: Brazil / France / Belgium 
LANGUAGE(S): Portugese (with English subtitles) 

English translation of the title is "Saudate for the Future"

What The Critics Said

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80
Variety Dennis Harvey
A breezy, good-humored love letter to the city itself.
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75
New York Post Lou Lumenick
A summer delight that also provides a quick cultural education.
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63
New York Daily News Jack Mathews
It's sort of like getting off the plane in a strange place without a guide. We can figure it out, but it takes some work, and the music is more of a distraction than an aid.
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63
Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington
Completely successful or not, films like Saudade do Futuro are needed. And we need people like the Nordestinos.
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60
TV Guide Ken Fox
The film doesn't provide any narration or go out of its way to identify the participants, so it's left to the viewer to make connections and draw their own conclusions.
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60
Village Voice J. Hoberman
Infectious city symphony.
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30
The New York Times Stephen Holden
Despite its sociological tidbits and flashes of musical vitality, Saudade do Futuro never goes anywhere.
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now!The average user rating for this movie is 9.0 (out of 10) based on 1 User Votes
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batu can gave it a9:
The main focus in the movie is on people. It has an unassuming frank camera on people, their saudade for their roots, music, passions, dance, work, sweat, joy and daily life. After watching this movie it is almost impossible not to love/admire the nordestionos in SP with their 100% humane existence. Film makes good use of silence as well as the music; all frames are full of real people shot almost by two eyes without intimidating people rather than with a camera and a crew. The selection of songs are excellent, it is the best thing to feel between these people in a forro dancing bar without actually being there.

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