8º – The Seventh Continent (Michael Haneke, 1989)
We will explore the cold day by day of a seemingly normal European family, understanding more about the ways their members, a couple and a small child, govern their steps on the world. Disturbing, as well as all the excellent filmography of the Austrian Michael Haneke, “The Seventh Continent” is an irredeemable work, trying to study the darkest intricacies of the human being. Here, unlike most movies with similar themes, the proposal is to ask questions of the viewer, and not to offer answers.
7º – Straw Dogs (Sam Peckinpah, 1971)
A young couple decides to live in a small rural town in England. However, what should be a quiet place, ends up being noted as a real hell after they are constantly attacked by city residents. Controversial in all its attacks, ‘Straw Dogs’ has a rustic and uncomfortable story, not offering positive aspects about the human apparatus in the world.
6º – In the Name of the Father (Jim Sheridan, 1993)
A young man is forced to confess to participating in a terrorist attack by the IRA group, without, however, having acted from the act. The film will spend its 133 minutes of exploring the struggle of the young man and his family for freedom. Powerful, ‘In the Name of the Father’ is that typical movie that takes many tears from the viewer, with an exciting story that never appeals to the traditional clichés of works with similar themes to touch those who watch.
5º – Persona (Ingmar Bergman, 1966)
In the plot, a nurse is placed to care for an actress who had suffered a psychological collapse during a play. Far from it all, isolated in a hut, the two will develop a strange affective bond, discovering more about themselves. Ingmar Bergman’s masterpiece, ‘Persona’ transposes the seams of the seventh art, bringing us a dense history, which proposes rigid thoughts about what each scene delivers. Although short (only 85 minutes long), the film causes the viewer to continue reflecting on the overall apparatus of the work after its completion.
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