5º – Stand by Me (Rob Reiner, 1986)A group of friends decides to embark on a journey in search of a lost body in the forest. Throughout the journey, friends will discover more about themselves and the tenuous and ephemeral ties that unite them. Nostalgic, ‘Stand by Me’ is a thrill for the spectator to bring a small portrait of the entanglement of situations that comprise the apparatus of childhood in the human being, highlighting the discoveries, pleasures and pains of the period, always striving to highlight, in particular, the figure of friendship.
4º – The Big Chill (Lawrence Kasdan, 1983)Some friends get together for a weekend together, after the funeral of a former member of the group who committed suicide. During this weekend, these friends will make considerations about their current lives, their past, yearnings, pleasures, pains and, of course, death. The death here, exposed by the figure of this friend who committed suicide, will serve as a cathartic exit for conflicts previously insoluble for some of the individuals there inserted. The film will always use a soft atmosphere to deal with difficult subjects, characterizing itself as a great option for the viewer.
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