Best movie ever!

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

There are better movies of two hours length. I loved the actress'performance.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

André works as a photocopier operator in a local hop. He earns very little money, lives with his mother and doesn't have a great deal of luck with women. In the evenings he waits for his mother to go to bed, then spends some time looking around his neighbourhood. It is this way that he first saw Silvia, eating breakfast on her balcony. As he continued to watch her over the coming weeks and months, he found himself falling more and more in love with her. However he has only ever made contact with her at her shop and has to find money to buy things from her, the first of many problems that his strange relationship with her presents him with.The curious title drew me to this film and I was drawn in further with the stylish and slick delivery, which mixes comedy with drama, animation with live action and is all held together with a strong central turn from Ramos. The film is a slight caper movie and perhaps does tend to get by on this slick style a bit too much. At times there seemed to be a touch of commentary on life in the "minimum wage class" in Brazil but this may have been unintentional because it doesn't hang together that well. That said the story does work well enough to engage and the breezy pace makes up for some of the weakest in the material.As writer and director though Furtado has done a good job of taking this comic love/stalking tale and building it up from minor problems over money into a bigger story that has a happy ending. It is strange the way it changes across the running time but it works and I found it quite refreshing in tone. Ramos does really well to convince in his character and, although slight, I did find him easy to enjoy. Leal is not quite as good as Silvia but it is mainly because her character is not as good. Piovani has the same problem but gets by it by being sexy and fun. Cardoso is a reasonable support character to fill out the strange bedfellows.Overall then, a breezy and enjoyable film that moves around in style and feel to good effect. The slight downside of this is that the film does drift around the middle and doesn't excel at either end of what it does, but it is still an easy and interesting watch.

I have seen this movie about 3 times and I don't seem to tire of it. The storyline, the pace of the movie and the overall acting are quite good. I am now fluent in my Portuguese and was able to totally understand, relate and enjoy this movie. I now have quite a few Brazilian friends (including my beautiful girlfriend Kellen Artenuza) and I must say that this movie shows us a side of the Brazilian culture that we don't get to see often, that being the day-to-day life and the things that "possibly" go through a natives mind.The movie is well balanced; action, love, suspense, drama and comedy. I HIGHLY recommend this flick, EXCELLENT viewing! Javier Lizano Los Angeles, California- USA

Andre, a young man who works in a small stationary store in Porto Alegre, Brazil, has to struggle to make ends meet. He lives with his mother, who we almost never see, but who we hear as she is retiring for the day. Andre, who spends most of his time in his room where he draws his own kind of comic books, discovers a beautiful young woman across the street. Since he can only see so much, he decides to follow her and get to know her. In watching the girl, Andre discovers her father, a security guard, spies on her while she is in the bathroom.As it turns out, Andre, who operates the photocopying machine at the store, gets to meet the object of his affection by following her all the way to the place where she works, where he pretends to be looking for a present for his mother. Since his funds are limited, and with the arrival of a new color machine, Andre finds a way to get his hands in some money, which involves copying a bill.At the same time, through Marines, a woman who works with Andre, he gets to meet Cardoso, a man who sees an opportunity to get rich in two ways, passing fake bills and even attempting to hold up a bank by surprising the guards. Andre loves to play the lottery. Cardoso and Andre come up with a solution in order to get Silvia away from the creepy Antunes, who turns out not to be her real father and go to Rio, something they both had planned to do. Imagine Andre's surprise when the combination he played at the lottery is the winner!Jorge Furtado, the director of this entertaining Brazilian film, shows he is a natural for this type of comedy. He was lucky in casting Lazaro Ramos to portray Andre. Mr. Ramos makes a wonderful contribution to the film. Leandra Leal, who is seen as Silvia, is also good. Luana Poivani and Pedro Cardoso are seen as Marines and Cardoso, who are also tied to all the action in the film.At the conclusion of the story we are shown how Silvia knew what Andre was up to from the start in a funny way. The comedy is recommended because of its well meaning fun it packs.

This movie has it all - adventure, crime, romance, friendship, humor. It's surprising - you newer know what's going to happen next, you're kept in suspense. It's personal and heartfelt without being tepid and pink.The characters are very realistic and they make very fine, well balanced portraits. And it's a movie that can make you think a lot, if you want to - you can also choose just to hop on board and follow the flow of this journey.Great ending! - I admit, I'm a weak sucker for an ending like that! :) This is a tenner! 10/10