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Araby

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A teenager finds a Brazilian factory worker's handwritten journal that recounts a life filled with equal amounts of hardship and insight.

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Critics Consensus

Araby peers unflinchingly into the gloom of its characters' lives to tell an undeniably grim story that builds to a poignantly affecting conclusion.

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Tom Long Detroit News Oct 19, 2018
C+
It's doubtlessly true, relentlessly dreary and certainly part of the modern conversation. The question is: Does it add anything to that conversation? Go to Full Review
Ben Sachs Chicago Reader Aug 16, 2018
3/4
Araby is unmistakably contemporary in its fashions, settings, and physical behavior; the similarities to the past seem found rather than manufactured. Go to Full Review
Robert Abele Los Angeles Times Aug 9, 2018
A beautifully turned Brazilian movie that carries on as if a social-cause documentary and a folk song confessional had entered into a poignant embrace. Go to Full Review
Shawn Glinis Vague Visages Dec 13, 2023
Uchoa and Dumans’ distanced, matter-of-fact portrayal of their vagabond renders Araby an elusive and open film. It’s particulars aren’t always announced, because — as with Bresson — the text ask viewers to meet it where it stands. Go to Full Review
Ken Eisner Georgia Straight Apr 4, 2019
The hard politics of capitalism are omnipresent, and yet that doesn't ruin the pleasure of this light-touch gem. Go to Full Review
Ernesto Diezmartinez Cine Vértigo Mar 6, 2019
3/4
"You could say that the film is not about anything but, really, it's about everything". Go to Full Review
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Oct 16, 2021 Bem bonitinho, amo esses filmes independentes, o dia a dia, a rotina exposta de maneira crua, um retrato sincero, um ritmo lento, mas nada que impacte negativamente, um roteiro simples, bem executado, nada grandioso, mas sensível e poético, triste, bonito, recheado de causos… E a escolha da trilha sonora, estupenda, faz doer, os depoimentos são tão reais e vívidos… See more
Apr 16, 2019 Very original approach with the storyline playing out through Cristiano's writings on most of his adult life experiences in a working-class Brazil where there seemingly is no upward mobility. See more
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João Dumans

Director

Affonso Uchoa

Director

Aristides De Sousa

Cristiano

Murilo Caliari

Andre

Renata Cabral

Ana

Renan Rovida

Renan

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Movie Info

Synopsis A teenager finds a Brazilian factory worker's handwritten journal that recounts a life filled with equal amounts of hardship and insight.
Director
João Dumans, Affonso Uchoa
Producer
Vitor Graize
Screenwriter
João Dumans, Affonso Uchoa
Distributor
Grasshopper Film
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Brazilian Portuguese
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 8, 2018, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 1, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA)
$37.6K
Runtime
1h 37m
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