![]() ![]() Next, snappy synopses in catalogs plus imaginary buzz lead to crowded auditoriums and - since the movie isn't featured anywhere and so avoids close scrutiny by critics - it keeps going the rounds.įestival blurbs aimed at promotion sometimes goose it up a lot. It must have been a bad year they've had much, much better ones. So how on earth did Contra Todos get to make the rounds of Berlin, Melbourne, London, Manila, Stockholm, Cairo, Chicago, numerous smaller local festivals, and now San Francisco? Apparently, because of the way the promotional process and the film festival circuit work.įirst of all, it won first prize at the Rio Film Festival where it was called the best Brazilian movie of the year. Somebody forgot to tell us one little detail: this is a very bad movie, really pretty horrible, and as unpleasant to watch as it is poorly made. ![]() Beautiful multicolored people, tropical weather, lush rhythms, and a hip gangster plot? Ample enticements no doubt. Why were there so many people crowding into an evening showing of Roberto Moreira's Up Against Them All (Contra Todos) at the San Francisco Film Festival? "It's about a hit man," my friend said. (Seen at the San Francisco International Film Festival on April 28, 2005.) ![]()
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