This Brazilian movie was the opener for the Critic's Week at Cannes, and I was so glad to be there watching it. The movie is basically a very simple relationship drama, but a heartfelt one that is deeply emotional. The director chose to use physical incidents to show somewhat ethereal feelings that would be otherwise hard to depict on film, which makes for a more visceral experience than you might at first think. And it rings true, with cute flirting in the beginning and misspoken words and other mistakes in the end. It is both funny and powerful, although the ending did seem a bit excessive. The acting was really good, and the director didn't feel the need to dumb down most of the movie. The film was, all in all, effective. It does the job it set out to do, and does it quite well.
The scenes where the two people first meet each other was a bit excessive and almost gratuitous in the nudity and sexuality. And while the movie as a whole didn't feel too long, because of its structure it sometimes felt a bit repetitive. (But I like how you learned more about the story with each similarity, so there was some value in it.) There were a few unexplained things at the end, but I actually enjoyed it because it gave you more to think about after watching it; it's not so simple that you are able to just watch it and then immediately afterwards digest it. Highly recommended if/when you get a chance to see it. I hope to see the director's future works as well, as she will definitely go far if she continues like this.IMDb link: http://imdb.com/title/tt1058027/