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I Travel Because I Have to, I Come Back Because I Love You
  • Release Date: Mar 25, 2011
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  • Summary: José Renato, a 35 year old geologist, is sent on a fieldtrip to the scrublands of the Sertão, a semi-arid isolated region in the Northeast of Brazil. The goal of his survey is to assess possible routes for a water canal from the region’s only voluminous river. As the fieldtrip progresses, we sense that José Renato has something in common with the places he visits: emptiness, a sense of abandonment and isolation. But he presses ahead, continuing the trip in hope that the crossing can somehow transmute his feelings. (Figa Films)… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 7
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  1. Time Out New York
    Reviewed by: Alison Willmore
    Mar 22, 2011
    100
    The movie's true brilliance comes from its portrayal of how the world curls around you in the grip of heartache-every song on the radio, every face you see, every story you're told reflecting only what you've lost.
  2. Variety
    Reviewed by: Jay Weissberg
    Mar 22, 2011
    100
    Utterly unpretentious and deeply touching.
  3. indieWIRE
    Reviewed by: Eric Kohn
    Mar 29, 2011
    91
    The visual collage retains a consistent melancholy, resulting in an experience that's both deeply affecting and-since José never actually appears on-camera-utterly detached.

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  1. joomjim4
    9
    This film is something special. It provokes sense of loneliness, abandonment as well as hope at the same time. I have never seen a movie like this one and to be able to watch it, it feels like I've found something I truly strive for in the world of film. It is so realistic and profound that you could directly link to the man's emotional experience. A beautiful sorrowful film.… Expand
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