"Gil" deals with a man reflecting about his past and how somehow it affected his present reality. Here, actor Geovaldo Souza tells stories about his raising, growing up
along with his mother after his father left them (or died early in his life, can't remember exactly), and how close he got his mother to the point of things got really stranged
when he grows up and decides to move to another state because of a job found. His reflections are presented through a series of old photographs and some new images of the places
he lived as an adult.
It's a nice telling, well presented and it makes audiences to reflect about their own history and past, not necessarily comparing how similar or different we are from
the main character but mostly in seeing how our relations with our parents change over the years as we grow up, and the value we give them while they're here (or not) and how we
react when they're gone. It's quite heartbreaking to hear Souza talking about his reaction when finding out his mom wasn't around anymore, the way he simply turned back to things
yet this is something he remembers, he can't escape the thought because he knew they were apart for several years since she didn't want to move with him to another place since she
was so used to her own reality, her own space and he had to what he had to, he wanted that job so he moved away. For brief moments all I kept thinking was that he come none of
those two could reach some common ground, to clear the terms of what's really important or now and accept the facts. For what I could get, they went their ways and it felt like
they weren't so caring about each other while apart, the distance was too wide and something was broken.
So here's a movie for us to observe our attitudes, make some reflections and see how fleeting life is when it comes to the presence of the ones we love and loved us back. 7/10.
