Marte Um

The Brazilian movies that become international rarely show a view of their middle class. We can almost see the middle class subdivision.

Brasil is a country with a very open mind and mentality were tabus almost don't exist. Exept when you are talking about football.

This movie is not just the power of dreams but the clash beetween diferent dreams were diferent but similar personalities interact. The past the present and the future that help to build that dreams showing how much the world changed in 3 generations.

In a overcrowed society the ammount of good people looks like a miracle.

Everything somehow fits perfectly on the narrative and in the end felt that, if this was a 5 hour movie I still want to watch a little bit more.

Brilliant.

Poignant Brazilian film about the everyday struggle of a middle class black Brazilian family in Minas Gerais state. The characters are memorable, and so is the soundtrack, photography... The producer company ("Filmes de Plástico") is responsible for some of the best contemporary Brazilian coinema. Their titles usually deal in a very subdued way about the contradictions of Brazilian society - racism, poverty, homophobia -, as well as universal themes - love, family -, in a small-to-medium city landscape, such as Contagem, in Minas Gerais. This film is a far cry from the louder Brazilian films of the 80s or 90s, but not less creative for that.

Great film.

I won't go on details here since I've already written a full review of the movie , I will keep this short and simple, this movie does what I have never seen be done in any other movie, it depicts reality in a very precise way making the viewer feel every emotion the characters are supposedly feeling. This movie shows what it is like living in Brazil while also being emotional and relatable for those who have never lived there , it inspires the viewers to pursue their achievements and dreams without being cheesy or cliche like most Hollywood movies you see today. This movie is an absolute master piece and I will be watching it many more times.

Originally premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition selection.

Marte Um (Mars One) is directed by Gabriel Martins and it's the story about The Martins family who are optimistic dreamers, quietly leading their lives in the margins of a major Brazilian city following the disappointing inauguration of a far-right extremist president. A lower-middle-class Black family, they feel the strain of their new reality as the political dust settles. Originally I had no interest on seeing this one because it sounded like a basic family movie that may be cheesy. But when it premiered at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival, I decided to give it a chance.

It surprised me honestly. There is a lot to appreciate about this movie. Director Gabriel Martins has definitely proved himself that he is talent with his movies when it comes to demonstrating family dynamics, characters and the approach on harsh reality. The camerawork is well shot throughout as it helped to display the atmosphere and environment of the movie's setting. Helps to build the character and understand them for what they are going through. All the performances are well done particular actors Carlos Francisco and Camilla Damião does an amazing job capturing the personality of their characters. The soundtrack is fitting and many moments were touching and quite satisfying at the end of the day.

Family dynamic films can be interesting and rough to watch depending how you view because every family has experience different ways of going through life and going through the hardships. But Director Martins succeeds with his family dramatic movie with heartfelt moments that may make you cry.

Wholesome.

Rating: A-

Rotten tomato claimed this was a Sci-Fi film due to its title and very high level relationship to Mars. One character has a dream to visit Mars. However, it really is a story about struggles in life and how to find solace/happiness with what you're given. Family Members each experience struggles in their areas. We learn about how they each overcome them. Film is in Portuguese with English subtitles. Overall, I would say subtitles were pretty accurate. Music was infrequent but sufficient. Background audio/effects were used a lot to help set atmosphere. This was done very well. Overall, a good film just a bit falls short of being classified as sci-fi.