Mistério no Colégio Brasil

"O Mistério no Colégio Brasil" is a fun and thrilling teen suspense revolving the young couple Daniel and Bebel (André Barros and Sílvia Buarque) who finds inside a mysterious cave located behind their high school the corpse of a woman. But when they return with the school principal (José de Abreu) to show him their finding the body has disappeared and the couple begins to investigate who was that woman, leading up them to clues of a missing teacher, a missing student and many tangled webs from the past that will haunt them in the future.

The movie is well made, has a nice soundtrack with the true vibe of Brazil's rock wave and the authentic sound of the 1980's, and the mystery is all interesting to follow thanks to exceptional acting from André Barros as the student detective who gets involved in this strange enigma where the principal and his favorite teacher (Carlos Augusto Strazzer) might be involved. It has a good pace and rhythm with some paralel story involving the teens forming a musical group and the pranks they pull on each other or trying to fool the teacher in order to pass the exam, but the final minutes are a little let down, too rushed and it almost feels like it was too much noise for almost nothing.

Highest points are when Daniel is chasen by the police and escapes by throwing himself off a bridge; the moments where he goes to the school archives to get information on the missing teacher with Bebel trying to fool the janitor who keeps singing his samba songs; the suspenseful moments inside the cave; all of the scenes of Strazzer playing this crazed teacher and Marieta Severo brief appearance steals the whole show.

I was deeply curious and entertained while watching this film and I can easily recommend to fans of Brazilian cinema of the 1980's. It's a little precious gem, and to me carries a deeper weight since that school has the same name as my own during my childhood years - not the same place though. A very fun movie. 8/10.