Os Amigos

The film is a mix of the stories of two friendships (one between kids and another between mature adult man and woman) and a romantic comedy (considering the general structure of the film), with the life of Marco Ricca's character in the core: he is lost and trying to find his way, just like Ulysses (it was ridiculously bizarre that he imvented to the children that Odysseus was a nickname given by Ulysses's close friends!). The metaphors with the Odissey and Hercules and others are numerous, but either very generic or not understandable (at least by me). Indeed, many interesting things happen in the film (including the architecture argument, the scene in the toy store, and the special participation of Alice Braga and Caio Blat), but their connection and the reason to be in the script were not well built or clearly shown. Dialogues also had ups and downs, being too much artificial sometimes. Dira Paes, one of the best actresses from Brazil (Ricca is also one of the best actors), does not have a role where she can show her skills mostly of the time. In the last part, however, she is subtle but striking in portraying the feelings her character had and finally became explicit.