Name: Sonhos de Peixe
Genre: Drama
Released: 2007-04-20
Duration: 1 h 51 min
Rating: 6.3
Cast: Rúbia Rafaelle da Silva, Chico Díaz, Phellipe Haagensen

Amasingly sincere and poetic portrait of remote Brazilian village and it's people...

This is another proof, that sometimes You just can't squeeze artwork into a certain genre: at least half of the footage of "Sonhos de Peixe" ("Dreaming of Fish") is pure documentary, filmed in most artistic and poetic way. There are NO professional actors (accept may be one), - all people in it are real fishermen with their families, living on the east shore of Brazil, struggling for their daily existence, fishing in the ocean, while their wives and children wait for them ashore for days, in constant fear, - because often they come back empty handed (due to massive industrial fishing) or don't come back at all These people know the very essence of living, it's true values, friendship, love, helping each other. They live very simple lives, with little luxury of small TV set in little living room, where whole village gets together every night for their ritual of watching melodrama series All that above described picture is a daily background for young Jusce and Ana, - the girl, for who's love and attention Jusce is prepared to go very far

Russian native film director Kirill Mikhanovsky makes his first feature movie, that is "more Brazilian", than any other film made in Brazil. He enters this fragile life in Brazilian village as careful observer, painter that doesn't let a single important detail to escape his cinematic vision, and eventually makes it possible for us to see

Just like Czechoslovakian Milosh Forman once pictured American history in his "RAGTIME", British Sam Mendes in "American Beauty" or German Douglas Sirk in "Imitation of Life" – those are very essential and perhaps most sincere looks at American society, made by outsiders. I consider this as real phenomenon. 

"Sonhos de Peixe" is a MUST see picture for those film lovers, who expect a little more from cinema, than just an entertainment in it's traditional sense

Portuguese-language cinema, spanning Portugal, Brazil, and other Lusophone regions, focuses on history, cultural identity, and the struggles of ordinary people, often framed with poetic or allegorical storytelling. In Portugal, cinema has emphasized meditative pacing and philosophical depth, reflecting on memory and tradition. In Brazil, it has often been politically charged and socially vibrant, highlighting inequality and resilience while experimenting with popular and avant-garde forms.

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The drama genre is a broad category that features stories portraying human experiences, emotions, conflicts, and relationships in a realistic and emotionally impactful way. Dramas delve into the complexities of human life, often exploring themes of love, loss, morality, societal issues, personal growth, with the aim to evoke an emotional response from the audience by presenting relatable and thought-provoking stories.

Mahershala Ali and Alex R. Hibbert in Moonlight (2016)

Jusce, a lobster fisherman from a northeastern village in Brazil, is in love with Ana, interested only in a dream life through images she sees in television soap opera. When Jusce?s old friend, Rogério, moves back into town to be a buggy driver, her attention is divided. Jusce has the support of his fishermen friends to try, for the last time, to win Ana.

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