Through Ernesto's Eyes
(Aos Olhos de Ernesto)
Ana Luiza Azevedo | Drama, Fiction
2019 | 100 minutes | Brazil
Ernesto, an 80-year-old Uruguayan photographer living in Brazil, has been facing the realities of aging such as loneliness and advancing blindness.
Synopsis
Ernesto, an eighty-year-old Uruguayan photographer living in Brazil, has been facing the troubles of old age such as loneliness and an increasing blindness he thinks he can hide from everyone.
As days go by, he realizes that growing old may also mean to have fun with one’s ghosts, to indulge oneself in the blurred images of blindness, to feel young again with the fresh company of a young neighbor trying to discover life. And that it may not be too late to explore the possibility of an old love never forgotten.
Reviews
"This movie is like a beautiful cello solo punctuated here and there by light touches of piccolo. It's set in Porto Alegre, but it's as if it's always looking at the soft melancholy of Montevideo. It is a work of full maturity in the balanced handling of emotions and the cohesion of all the elements." — Carlos Alberto Mattos, Carta Maior
"'Through Ernesto's Eyes' endears, involves, provokes laughter and tears (even in the same scene, depending on how sensitive you are during this pandemic), surprises and enchants." — Celso Sabadin, Planeta Tela
"There are some truly moving moments, such as when, in the middle of an urban poetry soiree packed with young people, Ernesto opens up in public to recite a poem by Mario Benedetti." — Bernardo Brum, Cineplayers
Citation
Main credits
Acevedo, Ana Luiza (film director)
Acevedo, Ana Luiza (screenwriter)
Furtado, Jorge (screenwriter)
Bolani, Jorge (actor)
Poester, Gabriela (actor)
Andrade, Júlio (actor)
Other credits
Cinematography, Glauco Firpo; editing, Giba Assis Brasil; music, Leo Henkin.
Citation
Cataloging
Pragda subjects
Disabilities
Education
Family
Health + Aging
Mental Health
South America
Keywords
Clips
Festivals
São Paulo International Film Festival - Critics Prize; Punta del Este International Film Festival - Audience Award, Best Actor; Busan International Film Festival; Havana Film Festival
DIRECTOR: Ana Luiza Azevedo
NATIONALITY: Brazil
YEAR: 2019
GENRE: Drama, Fiction
LANGUAGE: Portuguese
COLOR / B&W: Color
GRADE LEVEL: Middle School, High School, College, Adult
SUBTITLE/CC: AVAILABLE
AUDIO DESCRIPTION: NOT AVAILABLE
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