Sangue mineiro

Herr Humberto Mauro was one of the most important Brazilian silent film pioneers and by extension due to the mastery and excellent film technique shown in his films, an unquestionable and important reference point of the Latin American silent era.

"Sangue Mineiro" shows those technical virtues in a remarkable way; it is an elegant oeuvre that depicts the story of a millionaire's adoptive daughter that tries to commit suicide due to her unfaithful lover. She will be saved by two boys, and with the boy's family, she begins to live.

The film it's impregnated with an elegant classicism in where the troubles of the heart of the main characters are immersed in the environment (nature is a decisive character). There are stylistic reminiscences, probably due to the admiration and influence that the Brazilian director felt for classic Amerikan adventures films … especially directors like Herr Vidor und Herr Griffith. Fortunately Herr Mauro transferred and adapted those influences in his own, proper way. He emphasizes the dramatic love matters and Cataguases sceneries in an original way and as this German Count said before, with a superb mastery of technique. It is a powerful use of film language with beautiful camera movements, flashbacks and ingenious film continuity. All of this is with the help of another important Brazilian cinematography director: Herr Edgar ( obviously… ) Brazil.

As many longhaired probably could think due to the nationality of "Sangue Mineiro", is not a soap-opera but a classic opera, an absolutely modern film, in where love matters are treated in a classic, elegant and nonconformist way.

And now, if you'll allow me, I must temporarily take my leave because this German Count must protect himself from the dangerous Brazilian sun, which puts his aristocratic pale skin at risk.

Herr Graf Ferdinand Von Galitzien http://ferdinandvongalitzien.blogspot.com/