Casa Grande 2014 Watch Free in HD

Another film of Fellipe Barbosa is starring Marcello Novaes, Suzana Pires as well as Thales Cavalcanti follows a teenage boy's life. He is a decadent of upper-class family and he attempts to escape his parents who always try to control his life.

Genre:

Drama

Actors:

Marcello Novaes, Suzana Pires, Thales Cavalcanti, Clarissa Pinheiro, Marília Coelho, Gentil Cordeiro, Bruna Amaya, Alice Melo, Georgiana Góes, Sandro Rocha, Victor Camelo, ...»

Director:

Fellipe Barbosa

Country:

International

Release:

2014

IMDb:

6.8

Quality:

Duration:

115 min

Variety

Precariously balanced social structures maintaining class, race and expectations come crashing down in Casa grande, Fellipe Barbosa's well-made feature debut.

November 11, 2015

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Slant Magazine

The film uses its critique of white privilege as a means to woo the legitimizing gaze of international audiences.

November 11, 2015

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New York Times

Mr. Cavalcanti, new to the screen, has a natural manner, by turns tentative and blustering.

November 12, 2015

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CultureCatch

Barbosa's engrossing Casa Grande or The Ballad of Poor Jean spotlights how the downward spiraling of a seemingly wealthy Brazilian family's bankbook propels upward the moral consciousness of its self-involved, horny son, Jean (Thales Cavalcanti).

July 13, 2014

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rec.arts.movies.reviews

Superb dissection of class and race contradictions in a society that is falling apart at the seams.

November 14, 2015

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Film Comment Magazine

This isn't the first Latin American drama to follow a rich family on a downward spiral, but the eloquent visuals, strong central performance, and empathetic humor push it to the forefront.

November 04, 2015

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Hollywood Reporter

Cavalcanti -- an occasional TV performer whose considerable musical gifts the guitar-strumming Jean shares -- makes for a consistently engaging and intriguing protagonist.

November 11, 2015

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El Pais (Spain)

The film captures perfectly the customs of the upper classes but isn't subtle about its discourse. [Full review in Spanish]

June 09, 2016

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Georgia Straight

The smartly mounted effort, mostly set in a modernist villa on a lush edge of Rio, follows the young heir to a fast-crumbling fortune, as he hovers between honest self-discovery and numbing entitlement.

November 11, 2015

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Los Angeles Times

Barbosa skillfully skewers the presumptions of rich folks who presume they deserve all that they've gotten, even as they're squandering it.

April 08, 2016

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