4º – A Dangerous Method (David Cronenberg, 2011)
Working with two of the greatest names in the history of psychology, the film presents some substantial fragments of their lives, as well as the turbulent relationship between them. Here we will have a biographical plot about the lives of Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung. In spite of the possible exaggerations pertaining to the cinema, “A Dangerous Method” manages to bring all the exacerbated aura that regulated the relation between the two names of the psychology, also exposing a third personage crucial for the general proposal of the film. The great direction of the film is of David Cronenberg, perhaps the most appropriate name for such work, since consummated its filmography exposing the most basic elements of the psychoanalytic construction on the human being.
3º – My Left Foot (Jim Sheridan, 1989)
The film features the life of Christy Brown, a man born with cerebral palsy, showing the most substantial fragments of his journey in the world, exposing his adaptive power and talents. ‘My Left Foot’ is a great movie to understand the basic precepts of the effects of cerebral palsy on the human being and his quality of life. However, the film still shows the concept of perseverance contained in man.
2º – Time Out (Laurent Cantet, 2001)
After losing his job, a man omits the fact of his family, making his daily life tortuous until the sad apparition of truth. The film shows the effects of the current exacerbated social construction that ends up compromising the well-being of many families, also explaining the psychological load that certain subjects cause in an individual.
1º – The Help (Tate Taylor, 2011)
The film concentrates its plot in the decade of 1960, working with the social aspects of the time, always raising the figure of the racism very latent for all the exposed personages. ‘The Help’ manages to be light-hearted by dealing with complex themes and even showing strong graphic content. One of the best films with the theme racism of this century.
