zemariat

What are the limits of power? And of strength? More than 400 years before Christ, Athenian playwright Sophocles opposed two forms of law: the natural (inherent to all human beings and created by the gods) and the legal (promoted by kings and states). The first one is represented by Antigone, who claims the impossibility of abandoning her brother's body to the animals. As for the second there is Creon, king of Thebes, obsessed with maintaining stability and who does not admit anyone challenging his orders. Andréa Beltrão dives headfirst into this ancient dramaturgy and brings the power of this discussion to 21st century Brazil. She plays all the characters, narrates parallel mythological stories that help in understanding the characters and plot. A great work for those who love Greek theater.

The film begins with an absurd situation: a young woman shackles herself on the train tracks protesting against something that she does not even know what it is. On the train, a young man who goes to his father's wedding and, without knowing anything else, invites the young woman to pass by his girlfriend for the nest three days. Everything and everyone seems exotic: the sister, who uses a bear skin and stinks, the father, who enters a tank with fish to treat eczema; the house where they live, which looks like an abandoned warehouse. Oh, and they own a zoo. In this context of chaos, this family will be reunited, while the father is getting married (or not) and the zoo will be sold. There are no answres, just a collection of absurd situations, that lead to a final redemption.