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Camilla Belle

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A 1980s-set drama about a teenage girl undergoing her sexual awakening when she learns about her father&apos;s infidelities.

À Deriva

Lost in Coming of Age

In the 80&apos;s, the fourteen year-old Filipa (Laura Neiva) is spending vacations in Búzios with her father, the French writer Mathias (Vincent Cassel), her alcoholic mother Clarice (Débora Bloch) and her two younger siblings in their beach house. When Filipa feels that the relationship of her parents is deteriorating, she snoops in her father&apos;s office and finds pictures of Mathias with his American lover Ângela (Camilla Belle) hidden in a drawer of his desk. When Mathias and Clarice announce to their children that they are not going to live together for a period, the confused Filipa believes that Ângela is the responsible for the separation of her parents and discovers that the marriage of Mathias and Clarice is built of lies.

&quot;À Deriva&quot; is the story of Filipa, who is very close to her father in an evident Oedipus Complex, in a moment when her family is falling apart and she feels completely lost in coming of age. The story is very realistic and well acted, and it is impressive how Vincent Cassel, who loves Brazil, speaks a fluent Portuguese. The participation of Camilla Belle, who also speaks a fluent Portuguese, is limited to a few scenes and lines. Unfortunately the subplots are silly and the running time of 97 minutes is excessive for the short drama. Further, the beautiful music score is too repetitive and boring in the end and sometimes so loud that is hard to understand the dialogs. My vote is six.

Title (Brazil): &quot;À Deriva&quot; (&quot;Adrift&quot;)

Adrift

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In the 80's, the fourteen year-old Filipa (Laura Neiva) is spending vacations in Búzios with her father, the French writer Mathias (Vincent Cassel), her alcoholic mother Clarice (Débora Bloch) and her two younger siblings in their beach house. When Filipa feels that the relationship of her parents is deteriorating, she snoops in her father's office and finds pictures of Mathias with his American lover Ângela (Camilla Belle) hidden in a drawer of his desk. When Mathias and Clarice announce to their children that they are not going to live together for a period, the confused Filipa believes that Ângela is the responsible for the separation of her parents and discovers that the marriage of Mathias and Clarice is built of lies.

"À Deriva" is the story of Filipa, who is very close to her father in an evident Oedipus Complex, in a moment when her family is falling apart and she feels completely lost in coming of age. The story is very realistic and well acted, and it is impressive how Vincent Cassel, who loves Brazil, speaks a fluent Portuguese. The participation of Camilla Belle, who also speaks a fluent Portuguese, is limited to a few scenes and lines. Unfortunately the subplots are silly and the running time of 97 minutes is excessive for the short drama. Further, the beautiful music score is too repetitive and boring in the end and sometimes so loud that is hard to understand the dialogs. My vote is six.

Title (Brazil): "À Deriva" ("Adrift")

A 1980s-set drama about a teenage girl undergoing her sexual awakening when she learns about her father's infidelities.

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