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THE HUMBLING<\/strong> ***<\/strong><\/p>\n Director Barry Levinson has always been interested in male anxiety, conceiving works that look at men\u2019s desperation throughout a crisis. His satirical vision created great examples such as \u201cGood Morning, Vietnam\u201d, \u201cWag the Dog\u201d and \u201cMan of the Year\u201d. After some years in absence, he returns with this irreverent black comedy, which the main character seems to be a mirror for himself as a director and for Al Pacino as an actor. Based on the novel by Phillip Roth, the film follows the delusions experienced by an aging actor, who failed a suicide attempt on stage and is now trying to reorganize his life and career. The fear of being forgotten, the insecurity of loneliness, the transformations of weakness in his body and the uncertainty about whether he still wants to pursue a new step in life or not, will be replaced by an exciting series of events popping up in his front door. Back from rehab, he receives an irresistible visitor, who\u2019s the daughter of his long-time friends; much younger, freshly out of a lesbian relationship, vulnerable and in heat, she says: \u201cI\u2019ve been thinking about you inappropriately since when it was really inappropriate\u201d. So, why not? He\u2019s broke, trying to gather the pieces left of his choices, alone, getting older and sicker, so why not surrender to her seduction? From that point on, he decides he\u2019ll see the world as he pleases, not really considering what\u2019s being said by her or others, just following his instincts, which despite his usual pains, has returned with the vigor of a teenager experiencing love for the first time. In a sense, Levinson is working on his own personal artistic crisis as a filmmaker in modern-days industry, while Pacino is trying to remark he\u2019s still got it as one of the greatest actors the world has ever seen. The screenplay is very smart, adding up eccentric characters that keep knocking on his door: her ex-lovers, a neurotic woman, a transgender, his agent, her parents, and most ironic a woman who\u2019s persuading him to kill her abusive husband. Funny and wild, Levinson extracts reasonably good performances from his entire cast, including Dianne Wiest and Kyra Sedgwick, serving up a hilarious take on a man\u2019s crisis, with references to the confusions so present in Woody Allen\u2019s world.<\/p>\n DVD: VERONICA<\/strong><\/p>\n In the Brazilian drama \u201cOnce Upon a Time Veronica\u201d,<\/em><\/strong> Hermila Guedes shines as a young doctor seeking self-identity in urban Recife, while criticizing the country\u2019s health system. The jazzy music, and the sumptuous cinematography capturing architectural angles of people, bodies and landscapes, makes the film an exhilarating manifestation of a new cinematic language, Pernambuco style.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" THE HUMBLING *** Director Barry Levinson has always been interested in male anxiety, conceiving works that look at men\u2019s desperation throughout a crisis. His satirical vision created great examples such as \u201cGood Morning, Vietnam\u201d, \u201cWag the Dog\u201d and \u201cMan of the Year\u201d. After some years in absence, he returns with this irreverent black comedy, which the main character seems to be a mirror for himself as a director and for Al Pacino as an actor. 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