8º – Inside Llewyn Davis (Ethan and Joel Coen, 2013) – Llewyn Davis
We will be entering into the life of Llewyn Davis, an unrecognized and financially broken musician, showing his daily routine suffered behind the simple possibility of crossing the day. The film explains the mishaps faced by the character entering two different slopes, where the precarious and disputed scenario of the time for his branch and his mistaken way of solving daily situations ends up working to sabotage his social and personal evolution.
7º – Bronson (Nicolas Winding Refn, 2008) – Michael Peterson
The film features in its plot the turbulent conviviality between Michael Petersen, a violent and uncontrollable man, and the prison system of his country. Initially due to be only seven years for a robbery, the man ends up spending several decades imprisoned by virtue of his extreme behavior, arriving to represent a great problem for the prisons wherever he goes. Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, ‘Bronson’ is a film that, like its protagonist, moves in an intense way, presenting to the spectator an intermittent graphic violence.
6º – Raging Bull (Martin Scorsese, 1980) – Jake La Motta
Working with a biographical plot about the life of boxer Jake La Motta, ‘Raging Bull’ exposes the incongruities of an individual ruled by a completely self-defeating behavior, always counteracting his undeniable talent exposed in the ring. Best performance in the career of Robert De Niro and one of the most shocking in film history.
5º – Submarino (Thomas Vinterberg, 2010) – Nick and Martins
Affected by ghosts of the past, two brothers, each with his distinct personality from the other, govern their daily lives by self-destructive routines, bringing suffering to themselves and to those closest to them. ‘Submarino’, directed by Thomas Vinterberg (one of the greatest contemporary names in Danish cinema), is a hard drama about the importance of family ties for the full development of an individual, while exposing how certain instances of the past can act in a way destructive.
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