9º – Love Streams (John Cassavetes, 1984)
Intense, the film brings a decadent layer of the lives of two brothers, showing the erratic and always destructive bonds that unite them: ‘Love Streams’ follows all the brilliance of John Cassavetes’ cinema, counting on a hard plot with the spectator and his characters, showing the figure of time and the choices we make in our lives.
8º – Affliction (Paul Schrader, 1997)
Exploring the landslide to a man’s madness, ‘Affliction’ is one of the great films by filmmaker Paul Schrader. Here we will have all the private and social processes that man is subjected to in the midst of his psychological construct of degeneration. We will see how the figure of a harmful past also influences man, even more than the present, acting as a structure rooted in his psyche. The film also features a superb performance by Nick Nolte in front of the central character.
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