Linha de Passe (2008)

Recommended

Brazil/USA/UK

Feature Film

Directors: Walter Salles, Daniela Thomas

Writers: George Moura, Daniela Thomas, Bráulio Mantovani

Cinematographer: Mauro Pinheiro Jr.

Composer: Gustavo Santaolalla

Cast: Sandra Corveloni, João Baldasserini, Vinícius de Oliveira, José Geraldo Rodrigues, Kaique Jesus Santos, Roberto Audi

A pregnant maid and her four disparate sons, consumed with football, God, and absent fathers, attempt to hold on to their dreams whilst surviving in working class Sao Paolo, in Salles and Thomas’s tender, affecting, and generally understated slice-of-life drama, which unfortunately starts to feel a little contrived towards the end. Iain.Stott