While collegiettes wait anxiously for college’s summer vacations – when finals are already over and the spirit of the holydays of Christmas and New Year enlighten the streets and houses – some great films are coming to debut in the most known movie theaters here in São Paulo.
Productions from all over the world will be available to be seen throughout the next weeks of November. Some titles came from the 40ª Mostra Internacional de Cinema (40th International Cinema Exhibition) and will be still shown at the theaters. Other productions within the Hollywood circle are also going to be exhibited – some awaited films will finally arrive to our Brazilian screens.
Check it out HC Top 10 films’ debuts of November:
Week of November 3rd
13 Minutes
This is a biography of Georg Elser, a man who tried to kill Adolf Hitler and prevent World War II. On November 8th, 1939, Elser planted a bomb behind a pulpit used by Hitler in Munich. But the Führer left the place earlier than expected, contrary to what the main character has planned.
Direction: Oliver Hirschbiegel
Cast: Christian Friedel, Katharina Schüttler, Burghart Klaußner
Nationality: Germany
Doctor Strange
Stephen Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) leads a successful life as a neurosurgeon. But, one day his routine changes completely, when he suffers a car accident that injuries his hands. As the traditional medicine doesn’t seem able to heal his condition, he goes to an unexpected place chasing for hope: a mysterious enclave called Kamar-Taj, located in Kathmandu. There, he discovers that the place is not only a medical center, but also the front line against mystical evil forces that want to destroy our reality.
Direction: Scott Derrickson
Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Tilda Swinton
Nationality: USA
Curumim
This documentary is about the story of the last few days and the last hours of Marco Archer, better known in the community of surfing and hang gliding by the nickname “Curumim,” the first Brazilian to be sentenced to death for drug trafficking. He was captured by theThai police on an island on the surroundings of Bali, an Indonesian territory located in the Indian Ocean.
Direction: Marcos Prado
Nationality: Brazil
Canção da Volta
Julia (Marina Person) and Eduardo (João Miguel) are a couple in love. Although, they must learn to deal with problems that come in their way. The long marriage is haunted by ghosts and then charged with the responsibility of raising their children; overcoming their problems only depends on the two of them, but this may be the most difficult task.
Direction: Gustavo Rosa de Moura
Cast: Marina Person, João Minguel, Marat Descartes
Nationality: Brazil
Week of November 10th
Pequeno Segredo
Three stories connected by a single secret that involves the first Brazilian family to go around the world aboard a sailboat. Known for its maritime crossings, the family Schurmann kept for a long time the moving story of the adoption of Kat, the kid of the family. Pequeno Segredo is also the Brazilian pre-indicated title to run for the Oscar statue in 2017.
Direction: David Schürmann
Cast: Júlia Lemmertz, Marcello Antony, Maria Flor
Nationality: Brazil
Snowden
This Oliver Stone film is about Edward Snowden, a former CIA official, who disclosed a number of secret documents from the US National Security Agency to the media and press. Those secret documents actually proved that the US government is spying all people all over the world.
Direction: Oliver Stone
Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley, Melissa Leo
Nationalities: USA, Germany and France
Week of November 17th
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
The eccentric wizard Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) comes to New York City with his briefcase, a magical object that carries a collection of fantastic animals in the world of magic he collected during his trips. Among the North American community of wizardry and witchcraft, that fears the exposure to the Muggles more than the English really do, Newt needs to use his skills and knowledge to capture a variety of creatures that end up out of his briefcase.
Direction: David Yates
Cast: Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler
Nationalities: USA, United Kingdom
Elle
Michèle (Isabelle Huppert) is the executive-chief of a video game company, which she manages the same way as her loving and sentimental life: with an iron hand, organizing everything so precisely and orderly. Althought, her routine changes when she is attacked by a stranger in her own home. However, she decides to not let it shake her. The problem is that the mysterious assailant has not given up on her. This movie has first came to Brazil along the 400 movies of 40ª Mostra Internacional de Cinema in October, and now it debuts again.
Direction: Paul Verhoeven
Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Laurent Lafitte, Anne Consigny
Nationalities: France, Germany
Southside With You
1989. Barack Obama (Parker Sawyers), a freshman at Harvard Law School, gets a temporary job as an intern at an office in Chicago. There, he is under the orders of Michelle Robinson (Tika Sumpter), an young lawyer, and they both fall in love. One day, the lawyer finally accepts the intern invitation for a date and the two of them visit a museum, make a long walk and finish the summer day watching the movie Spike Lee’s movie, “Do the Right Thing”.
Direction: Richard Tanne
Cast: Parker Sawyers, Tika Sumpter, Deanna Reed Foster
Nationality: USA
Week of November 24th
Elis – O Filme
This is the biopic of the Brazilian singer Elis Regina. The film follows the artist’s adolescence with financial difficulties and her first tests before having her talent discovered, until the rise of her career, including the television shows she has performed at, her amorous entanglements, the controversial decisions she has taken during the military regime, and the dependence on drugs and alcohol, which led to his early death.
Direction: Hugo Prata
Cast: Andreia Horta, Caco Ciocler, Gustavo Machado
Nationality: Brazil