9º – In the Mood for Love (Kar-Wai Wong, 2000)
After discovering that their partners are committing adultery, a man and a woman will start a strange relationship that will completely alter their lives. ‘In the Mood for Love’, another masterpiece of Kar-Wai Wong’s great filmography, elevates a melancholic atmosphere for the unfolding of the plot, based on a fabulous cinematography (one of the most beautiful in the history of cinema), a productive script, unretouchable direction and great performances.
8º – Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)
A middle-aged man and a young woman, by mere chance, meet during a trip to Tokyo. In place, always contrasting a claudicant figure of loneliness, the two will form a strange bond of friendship, changing their ways of facing the instances of the world: ‘Lost in Translation’ takes advantage of a cold and melancholic atmosphere to tell their story, bringing a different novel that completely escapes the common conceptions.
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