Lição de Esqui

"Lição de Esqui" tells the story of the lovely bromance between two friends (Carlos Victor and Sandio Marçal) and their weekend routine of practicing fighting moves that later on will be part of their scheme to present on their job - they are co-workers working on a supermarket. They spend a whole afternoon training and working on their dialogues, which is part of a plan where one will help the other, even if it means to get fired from the job.

The short film is well elaborated, humored and beautifully well acted by the duo, becoming more and more mysterious as the story progresses and we keep on wondering what's the title is all about, those ski lessons but they're there in a way. But I think a lot of its mystery and enigmatic ways could be reduced since at times the film seems to wander and get sidetracked with the unusual sequences that follow one another. It's one of the best Brazilian short films I've ever seen and deserves lots of views. Here's a treaty on friendship, closeness and the importance one man has to another, deeper levels. 6/10.