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Brazilian cinema has some history of attempts to deconstruct traditional canons of cinema as a school of consumption, alongside with big problems to finance anything that is not imitative of blockbusting soothing products for mass consumption. In the meanwhile, globo filmes pray in the lines of the orthodox confession of faith, and finance things like ... salve geral. What is seen is a bad plot composition spoken in Portuguese. Bad guys vs good guys. I imagine that things such as this are happening in other cinema schools, what doesn't add to the understanding of how Brazil - or Brazilian prisional system really works. If you put a Bruce willis here and some denzel washington there, you may even generate an Oscar-winning piece of ...work. Facts are correct, but badly narrated, this is it.

Like the former "The exorcist", this is a film about faith. A crisis of faith in the main character renders the plot very acceptable and catches very well the feelings of the audience. In this case, the crisis is mingled with a series of conflicts on science and on the vocation as a human being and as a family member. The moment in which a turning point raises the volume of music in the narrative is also the moment in which the young priest takes upon himself the burden of aiding his (new) friend. But it is also the moment in which his life finally receives meaning. OMG. As a catholic, I long for such works that treat my faith with respect. Really interesting.