At the halfway mark, Aly Muritiba’s “Deserto Particular” clicks into high gear. There’s a change of scenery, yes; we move from the chilly South of Brazil to its arid Northeast. And there’s a change…
” clicks into high gear. There’s a change of scenery, yes; we move from the chilly South of Brazil to its arid Northeast. And there’s a change in point of view; we leave our protagonist behind and follow, instead, the person he was so intent on tracking down.
Who Sara really is and the reason why she so suddenly ghosts Daniel is obvious, perhaps, if you have the film’s cast list handy . Yet such a reveal within the structure of the film is nevertheless drawn out for increased narrative impact. You spend so much time in Daniel’s oppressively heterosexual and patriarchal world of retired sergeants and cops-turned-security men that the prospect of Sara as a beautiful boy in a wig and a short satin dress is enough to jolt the film awake.
Muritiba and Henrique Dos Santos’s slow burn of a screenplay may take time to get to its most affecting moments but the patience it demands of its audience may well be its greatest triumph. Its final half hour is achingly beautiful — and incredibly erotic.
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