Oficina do Diabo

The plot and approaching are interesting and have some good actors involved.

The Idea of a firm dedicated to corrupt human beings is great but the main story is not the best choice for an adaptation. The main character is a mess and It makes everything confuse and disconnected.

Some acting are also not well constructed.

It would be great to see more different stories. Maybe a show with several Episodes and Seasons with a Lot of examples of how the firm can be able to do anything to corrupt people.

The kind of movie that have a great Idea, good talent involved but fails in some important points.

I just didn't rate it 10/10 due to some weak performances, but that doesn't detract from the film, considering it was produced by an independent producer with budget limitations. Speaking of performances, I positively highlight the most famous actress in the cast, Elisângela, who plays Maria, the protagonist's mother. Her work was linear, as expected from a competent and experienced actress. However, the real highlight goes to Roberto Mallet's performance. He is an acting teacher (research his work, he follows the school of Master Constantin Stanislavski), and in this film, he clearly proved that he deeply understands what he teaches. I would say that a significant part of this film's probable success can be credited to him.

The film was very well written by Elton Mesquita. The verisimilitude of Catholicism, in relation to spiritual combat, was excellent, despite the fact that all art has a sort of poetic license that allows adaptations to make the film more believable, especially for those who enjoy the "God of Chance." I missed more locations that would show this "deep Brazil"-that Catholic Brazil of the past century, for example, with its baroque architecture. However, I understand that this absence is also due to the financial issue I mentioned initially.

It is a competent film! I hope to see Brazilian films reaching an increasingly higher level.

The best national film (Brazil) I've ever seen and, perhaps, the best film I've ever seen in my life.

The film kept my attention for every second it ran and it still caused me deep reflections.

The settings, the characters, the plot were all very well designed and acted.

Various emotions were also experienced, from laughter to crying.

Whenever I watch a film I hope to receive a message from it, something that makes me reflect and experience the magic of cinema. Well, this film gave me a feeling that I haven't found in cinema for a long time.

Without a doubt, the time I took to watch it was a great investment in my life.

I was looking forward to watching it and it was way more captivating than I expected. It caught my attention in many ways. First of all, its beginning was totally unexpected, developing from a theme that is deeply especial to me. As it developed, many of the situations that Pedro sees himself in and drives himself into were familiar to me and perhaps likely to be to anyone who's been brought up in a religious background. Finally, as we foresee the end of it, it feels just like life itself and its end, i.e., something difficult to grasp as well as something so easy to let go... Great feelings, indeed. Thanks, BP.

This film surprised me. It was certainly inspired by C. S. Lewis's "The Screwtape Letters" - the film seeks to address the transcendent dimension of salvation or damnation of the human soul - something that is completely outside the scope of other production companies around the world, Hollywood is light years away from this. So, what can I say? Just for bringing up this forgotten theme of world cinema, which is at the same time the most important in human life, something that touches each one of us, the film already deserves all the honor. It is a simple production, it is not a big budget production, but it manages to get its message across. I can say that it convinced me. May more films come from Brasil Paralelo.