For a short and useful analysis of the contents of this film, see the review by Only4Fun81 here on IMDb.
The film is an interesting cultural document, mixing much of a documentary feel with a fictional narrative. I couldn't say if all characters in the film were played by actors or even if all participants were aware that they actually in a movie, except for the two leading characters of course. Edna de Cássia appears to have only played in this film, which is no surprise considering her acting skills, but her beautiful and spontaneous presence added to the pleasant viewing. Paulo César Peréio does well also as a strangely likable pig of a truck driver - at moments.
Cinematographically, 'Iracema - uma transa Amazônica' leans heavily on a brutally honest look (through the eyes of country girl Iracema, as it were) at an economically developing Brasil and its changing landscape and people, where there is beauty still, but there is much poverty and chaos as well. Storywise, I didn't really look at it the way I was supposed to (as an allegory), but as a drama - and in that sense, it was not all that convincing either. Yet somehow it was all quite captivating, as it almost seemed like an actual documentary.
A good 7 out of 10.
The film is an interesting cultural document, mixing much of a documentary feel with a fictional narrative. I couldn't say if all characters in the film were played by actors or even if all participants were aware that they actually in a movie, except for the two leading characters of course. Edna de Cássia appears to have only played in this film, which is no surprise considering her acting skills, but her beautiful and spontaneous presence added to the pleasant viewing. Paulo César Peréio does well also as a strangely likable pig of a truck driver - at moments.
Cinematographically, 'Iracema - uma transa Amazônica' leans heavily on a brutally honest look (through the eyes of country girl Iracema, as it were) at an economically developing Brasil and its changing landscape and people, where there is beauty still, but there is much poverty and chaos as well. Storywise, I didn't really look at it the way I was supposed to (as an allegory), but as a drama - and in that sense, it was not all that convincing either. Yet somehow it was all quite captivating, as it almost seemed like an actual documentary.
A good 7 out of 10.