5º – The Station Agent (Tom McCarthy, 2003)
A man who was born with dwarfism decides to leave his life in a big city behind after his boss dies and leaves him a residence in an isolated city. ‘The Station Agent’ rules the events of his plot under a melancholic aura, exploring characters who deal with suffering every day in their lives. However, far from being sad in its completeness, this film shows how setbacks are part of human life, providing a pleasant look at the exacerbated instances of our daily lives.
4º – The Remains of the Day (James Ivory, 1993)
We will follow some moments of the life of a butler of an important family of the twentieth century, glimpsing his rigid moral model of dealing with the social siege. The film gains its substance when the man realizes that he has given his entire life for an uncertain and not very substantial ideal. Hard and poetic at every outdated scene, this masterpiece by James Ivory works on the destructive degree that some values held as a rule in various societies possess for the subjectivity of various individuals. ‘The Remains of the Day’ still offers us the greatest performance of actor Anthony Hopkins’ career.
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