Adulto Não Brinca

A darkly humored film that teaches adults to pay attention to life and look closer to things instead of rushing to judgement and create chaos where it doesn't exist. The title says it all "Adults Don't Play", and here a group of children is seen playing with a corpse on the street and in the middle of the night. When a cop comes by, two of the urchins are taken by him as the rest of the gang flees the scene, and it's now up to the man in charge to find the truth about what they were doing and what happened to the man.

Adélia Sampaio's is carefully made, very suspenseful at the initial moments, later on revealing an odd humor with its twist (but one has to really accept the unaccepatble, it would never happen in real life but hey, this is the movies!). It's thrilling and fun to watch, amazing the way she composed her shots and photographed it all but I've seen better materials in terms of short film. Her previous "Denúncia Vazia" doesn't say much but what it shows can be a matter for great debates out there.

Though marked as released in 1981, it got shelved until 1986 (as seen through a card mark at the beginning) - probably fell on the hands of the censors and for reasons almost unknown. For curious viewers, it's a fine short film for anyone who enjoy the magic of movies. 7/10.