3º – Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (Sam Peckinpah, 1974)
There’s a cash prize on a man’s head. With that as a starting point, we’ll insert ourselves in a story with a lot of blood, death, greed and, of course, revenge. ‘Bring me the Head of Alfredo Garcia’ brings the western genre to the present day, in Mexico, with a story that makes it impossible to lose interest in the crazy things that happen on stage. A masterpiece and one of the great works of Sam Peckinpah’s career.
2º – The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (Ben Stiller, 2013)
Tired of his insomniac routine and not very substantial in his work, a man decides to start a journey around the world, getting to know a whole new reality in his life. Directed and starring Ben Stiller, ‘The Secret Life of Walter Mitty’ uses a sense of adventure that dominates each scene, highlighting the natural elements of the world as an active part in the film and in the life of its central character.
1º – Life is Sweet (Mike Leigh, 1990)
The film explores the intense day-to-day life of a middle-class family in London. We will understand more about the way each member of this family acts, glimpsing their pleasures and sufferings. Mike Leigh presents a daring film, powerful in its general proposal, with light and heavy moments. Here, more than the uncertainties of life, the film explores the attempt to ignore eventual problematic instances of this family’s day-to-day life, always trying to change the course of their lives.
