Um Uísque Antes, Um Cigarro Depois

Of the three short stories adapted for this film, I have read only the second one, by Dalton Trevisan, and it is an excellent short story. Sadly, this literary brilliance didn't translate well into the movie and this is possibly the worst of the three segments. Not that the other two are much better though. The whole movie has an exploitative air about it, typical of the early seventies' Brazilian movies where lots of naked women and sexual thematics were used to attract audiences. This one is a notch above the rest, perhaps. The camera-work is characterized by the relentless use of zoom, that gives a cheap air to the movie. Notice that at 44 minutes into the movie a 1970 calendar appears in one scene; this, and the fact that Murilo Nery won a Best Supporting Actor award at the 1970 Santos Film Festival for his performance in this film, establish beyond any doubt that this film was released in 1970. A curiosity: actor 'Flávio Ramos' who plays the leading part in the last segment is none other than Flávio R. Tambellini. He is the son of director Flávio Tambellini and has a career as a film producer and director.