Lula, o Filho do Brasil

This is a terrible movie and an unrealistic story about one of the most populist president of Brazil since Getulio Vargas. Lula is a selfish person who only care about power, this movie is a completely fantasy about his history. There are some correct parts though, Lula came from a very poor family, thats true, and he also has a very strong ability for speech, but he had some bad episodes along his young life which was not presented in the movie. The movie should have been more truthful to Lula's biography. Besides all those problems regarding the accuracy of the story, the movie quality is very bad, the acting is bad, and the movie was funded with public money, which is a shame. Anyway, I don't recommend.

Lula is the most hated and loved politician in brazillian history. Half of the country sees him as some kind of messiah and half sees him as the devil. This may seem exaggerated if you're not from Brazil, but is the only thing I think both sides can agree.

This movie was made while Lula was still president and it obviously portrays him as greatest human being to ever walk on planet Earth. This is the movie biggest problem: they didn't write him as REAL PERSON, but as someone who is never wrong or never had any flaws. It was made so over the top to show him as a good guy that it can't be taken seriously.

If you wanna watch this movie to learn how his supporters see him, this is your movie. If you wanna learn about his story, then look for something else...

This film itself is a mockery to all good Brazilians. True, this movie was made before the thief was arrested for corruption. He is not a hero, but a convicted felony. Nothing can change that. The worst criminal in brazil's history. And worst than that, a communist. The movie lacks reality and does not depict him as he really is. Made by communists to communists. If you have any knowledge of Brazilian history and what is going on here right now. You'll see how wrong and inaccurate this is after all. I can't see good things about this movie. It's incredible how Brazil makes great or horrible movies. This is a horrible one.

This movie is about the true story of a poor immigrant, syndicate leader, that became the president of Brazil. The story itself is amazing and deserved to be told. However, the execution here is way poorer than it should. There are many Brazilian directors capable of doing it.

The movie is at all, really bad. The reconstruction of the period id poor, the acting is bad, the casting is at all misplaced. The preparation of the actors was really poor, the accents are wrong, the set is too bi-dimensional, the history set is shallow, it doesn't account for what was the dictatorial period the movie is set in.

At the end, you can't understand or believe in the main character because the director was too much of a fan, or was unable to portrait the man as a real person.

As the story is pretty good, It's is only a badly executed movie. It's a pity, hope this story gets to be told more properly in the future.

I was quite disoriented reading the four reviews on this film. Only four reviews. Very sad, but I'm afraid that only Hollywood movies get hundreds of reviews, no matter how bad they are.

And I say that I was quite disoriented because the only four reviews are from Brazil, and quite severe they are.

Could it be true that nobody is a prophet in his own country? it has to be, because I found this movie to be EXCELLENT!!

The transition between the boy and the adult Lula is quite impressive, both actors could very well be the same person when the years go by and the boy becomes an adult.

Gloria Pires is such a magnificent actress!! and quite contained.

The actor that plays Lula's father is really amazing, not knowing him from previous works, one believes that he's really Lula's father, fantastic interpretation!!

Everybody is excellent and so is the camera work, the editing, the color photography, etc.

As far as I remember I've never been disappointed by a Brazilian movie. I think that Brazilian films are among the best in the world. And the Portuguese language as spoken by Brazilians must be among the most delicious languages to be heard, not to mention their music, absolutely ravishing!!

(Do I sound like a fan of Brazil?).