Cronicamente Inviável

It's been only eight days since I finally had the chance to go to the cinema and watch this movie, about which I'd already read A LOT.

'Cronicamente Inviável' ('Chronically Unfeasible' in English) is a harsh punch on the face of Brazilian middle-class. The way reality is displayed in the film suggests that the role of cynicism in our society is more important that one would think.

The great achievement of 'Chronically...' is showing to the world the amount of corruption, violence, racism and hatred every Brazilian citizen carries within WITHOUT trying to formulate a 'feasible' way to reconstruct the country.

The film is not suitable for everyone, but if you've been through pictures like, for instance, the 'Dogma 95' series, you'll find no problem. Foreign audiences would never be able to grasp the real meaning of it, though, without the aid of some basic notions of Brazilian geography and sociology. The way Sérgio Bianchi (the director) relates cities from the Northeast (Salvador), Southeast (Rio and São Paulo, where the story takes place) and South (Curitiba), is vital for a thorough comprehension of the plot. In the same way, the knowledge of Brazilian history proves to be useful when the picture deals with the Indian and Negro issues.

The ending of the film, open and symbolic, stuffs the viewer's brain with intriguing questions worth being thought about.

"Cronicamente Inviável/Chronically Unfeasible" is Bianchi's strongest movie. Also his best work. From script to cut, from actors to photographing, Bianchi brilliantly directs a drainage of old and open wounds of Brazilian recent History. Somewhat like in "Anna: Ot shesti do vosemnadtsati" (1993) -- classical Nikita Mikhalkov's documentary that deeply relates the end of the Soviet Empire -- Bianchi's movie performs a deep panel of his country society. Unlike "Anna", instead, it is a transversal rather than a longitudinal (timeline) cut. Both of them give the public a wonderful job of information AND opinion. If you are interested in the problems of Third World, specially Brazil, you MUST see this movie.

This is a terrible movie. i have seen many documentaries and other films that talks about the same subject, so i'm not just saying this from out of nowhere. the stories, in the movie, don't really add up, the editing is bad, character aren't convincing, the actors clearly aren't trained in cinema acting: their reactions were always seemed false. Some scenes were clearly added just for shocking purpose, but all the other factors of the film contributed to diminish them. being so, the whole point on this story (about middle-class, and the lack of a good social structure in Brazil society etc.) goes to waste.

Poor image quality, poor sound. my vote was for 2, just because i can imagine some work people must have had to put this together. overall a terrible work. Sorry Sergion Bianchi.

The script is very rich, and in this I took intellectual delight. Other reviewers have mentioned poor cinematography. It feels sometimes as though it originated as a play, and in adapting to a screenplay perhaps some elements have been overlooked. Still, I loved what the writer did well: the layering of a lot of history, symbolism, and perspective, the deconstruction of many aspects of Brazilian culture and history. Using several different characters, the writer is able to compose a symphony of dark, cynical, anti-bourgeois sentiment.

As a non- Brazilian, I am sure there are many things I did not understand, as there is a lot of complexity within the script and probably visual and situational representations of which I have no reference point. Yet, as someone who is interested in Brazilian culture and history, this is a piece I will definitely see again, try to absorb more from, and discuss with Brazilians who have seen it as well.

Cronicamente Inviável is not a movie for export, is a self evaluation meaning shake the stupidity out of the Brazilian bourgeois. Shows decadence, intolerance, ignorance, violence, perversion and other human degenerations merciless, raw and ugly.

I don't know if it was purposely such bad photography, edition and light. Besides the bad performance of the actors the movie does not show anything new, the language is obvious.

Even good actors like Dantas, are bad directed and inefficient. Even though if you like Brazilian Movies, is worth seeing because it contains deep social reflections about Brazilian society. The plot is good but the lack of a good Art Director with a global vision decreases the real value of the movie.