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March 08, 2005
Manual for Love Stories
Director: José Roberto Torero
Writer: José Roberto Torero, Luiz Moura
"Manual for Love Stories" is a comedic farce. The film is basically a an instructional narration, with acted examples, of how to film a love story; including rewinds, retakes, cuts, on screen edits, and a false ending. The narration, in Brazilian with subtitles, is a lot of fun poking fun at the genre of making love story movies. The tongue in cheek strerotypes are everywhere and embraced.
The story is quite good and simple. The acting was okay. The filming was a bit ragged. However, the story carried the audience past that speed bump leaving a wonderful experience.
Rating: 4 out of 5 feathers
W. Fred Crow
ANG Newspapers
Posted by W. Fred Crow at March 8, 2005 11:17 AM