AniInterview Sorry, this movie sucks

Contentar Best movie of this year hands down!

TaryBiggBall It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

Livestonth I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

Rose Cardoso O homem que copiava (The man who copied)- 2003 - Brazil - Director: Jorge Furtado - Genre: Drama/Comedy - Stars: Lázaro Ramos, Leandra Leal, Luana Piovani e Pedro CardosoThis movie involves some conflicts experienced by André (Lázaro Ramos) a young shy and humble Brazilian who works in a copier to help his mother. They live together in a simple apartment in Porto Alegre, located in southern Brazil. The fact of moving away from the big centers in Brazil - São Paulo and Rio - is one of the interesting points that the film presents.André is very shy, and therefore an observer. He has binoculars to watch from afar what is happening around him. His neighbor Silvia (Leandra Leal)receives special attention in his observations. He knows whole her routine: she lives with her father and works in a clothing store. He decides to buy a gift for his mother, to get closer to Silvia, or at least to try, Silvia suggests a nightshirt, but this costs R$ 38.00 and André doesn't have the money.Lack of money is a big problem in his life, which can be seen already in the first scene of the movie. To buy the nightshirt he decides to make a copy of a note of R$ 50.00. From there the whole plot unfolds in an entertaining way. André approach Silvia, moreover, together with his friend Cardoso (Pedro Cardoso) he decides to steal an armored car and even wins the lottery. In other words, he gets what he wanted: money, lots of money.The film is narrated by André himself, which leads us to get an idea of how he perceives things, sees the world and his particularities. Perhaps there is some ambiguity in the title of this film, André, the man who copied leads a repetitive and somewhat dull life: his days are like copies, nothing happens, nothing changes, just the same thing, every day; and for him a little money would make all the difference in his life.This is the second feature film directed by Jorge Furtado, who was born in the city where the film is set. Furtado had directed several works for television, but it was with this film that his name became known. The story holds the attention because we hope and cheer for André to get what he wants. Moreover, it shows the difficulties of those living with little money, making some critique to the social inequality in Brazil. Winner of several film festivals around the world, highly recommended and successful in Brazil and outside also, it's a very interesting story to think about money and happiness.

movielover-dude The cinema from Rio Grande Do Sul, a Brazilian State, is considered the third bigger in Brazil. And it grows bigger and bigger each time a film that was shot there is released. I can remember only of two really good ones. One's Carlos Gerbase, director of "Tolerância" (aka Tolerance), which I haven't seen yet. And the other one is this film's director and screenwriter, Jorge Furtado, a guy in his forties whose mind seems even younger. After a huge collection of short films, he made his first feature, "Houve Uma Vez Dois Verões" (aka Two Summers), in 2002. That was a good, quick and nice-looking. And then he makes this second one.The proportions of this "O Homem Que Copiava" (aka The Man Who Copied) are a hundred times bigger than Furtado's first feature. Starting by the main situation. André (Lázaro Ramos) is eighteen and a photocopier operator in Porto Alegre (capital of Rio Grande do Sul) who lives in a tiny condo with his mother (whose face is never clearly seen). He shares the house expenses with her. After this sharing, a miserable quantity of money is left for him to spend. When the movie starts, he already has a binocular, for which he saved money for a long time. With this binocular, he spies the activities of other people who live in other apartments nearby his.In one of these apartment, lives Silvia (Leandra Leal), same age as André. She lives with an older man (who's probably her father or something like that). As the endless narration goes by, he'll find out he needs R$ 38 to win Silvia's heart. As the movie continues, we're introduced to Marinês (Luana Piovani), a co-worker of André's, and Cardoso (Pedro Cardoso), Marinês's friend that becomes a very good friend of André's. And that's the main cast. But the story really begins when André copies a fifty bucks note at his job. And through this, several (criminal--and funny) situations develop as the movie runs.All the four main actors aren't from Rio Grande do Sul. And Rio Grande do Sul's accent is one of Brazilian's most difficult ones. This was clearly a problem. Well, that and the duration of the movie are the only problems. Everyone is awesome. Lázaro Ramos's André is a very shy guy, but not dumb, that just wants to marry the girl loves. I've gotta say that Lázaro Ramos's accent is ridiculous--causing laughter sometimes. Leandra Leal is doing a perfect job as Sílvia, a girl that dreams of going to Rio De Janeiro and meet a guy who was a very good friend of her mother's--and that might be her father. Her accent is the one who seems more natural. Luana Piovani as Marinês is very funny, doing a very sexy (one of my favorite scenes is when André's narration describes her and they have a dialog about and ex-boyfriend of hers) and bitch-like character that--you'll laugh at this--is virgin. And the guy that wants to change her sexual condition is Cardoso. I suspect that this character was specially written for Pedro Cardoso (such as Paulo José's that's called Paulo). Pedro Cardoso is the best on-screen artist, doing a very comic performance and giving a damn about the accent, because he's the only one that doesn't tries to use it.The screenplay is very well-written and the dialogs are brilliantly thought and spoken. The acting isn't superb, but it's close. The cinematography is "nothing-new". The art direction is OK. The editing made me remember--don't know why--made me remember of Sally Menke's style. I mean, it's really good, very precise. But, the greatest thing in the movie, is the directing. Jorge Furtado conducted the actors in very nice way and the various formats used throughout the movie are original. Only one thing in the screenplay is the surprise in the end of the film. It seemed a little lot unnatural. But, forgetting that, it's okay and it's funny and it's a very good movie. Really.

zecazeh I'm sure that i have never seen some short-movie of Furtado, but after this one, I'm really sure that I have to see his all productions. The movie is sensitive and makes you enter in character mind, something like "what do I do if I were him at this time".Andre is the typical honest guy that goes to the wrong way, but do not lose his characteristic of to be a good boy - the direction and acting are perfect at this point -, making you think that, although all the crimes involved, the characters made the best choice for your own lives.Good acting! Excellent direction! Great movie! Highly recommended!

jespereilertsen This movie has it all - adventure, crime, romance, friendship, humor. It's surprising - you newer know what's going to happen next, you're kept in suspense. It's personal and heartfelt without being tepid and pink.The characters are very realistic and they make very fine, well balanced portraits. And it's a movie that can make you think a lot, if you want to - you can also choose just to hop on board and follow the flow of this journey.Great ending! - I admit, I'm a weak sucker for an ending like that! :) This is a tenner! 10/10