I sat down to watch this film at a film festival a while back without any expectations.
It started off very low-key and the tone remains so throughout but narratively it builds and builds into an epic mosaic of working class Brazil. One of the most quietly political films I've seen and so much more powerful as a result of that quietness.
Charming, funny, angry and tragic, this film has stuck with me for a long time and I don't think I'll forget the experience.
Review of Araby
