Le champ des possibles

"Private Desert" tells the story of an off-duty police officer under internal investigation about a case of bad behavior. His life is a complete mess, jobless, looking after a retired and sick father, plus he's in a cultural shock with his young sister. His only escape is online dating with a mysterious girl. Feeling completely under pressure from the development of his case, he decides to travel across the country to find the girl who he considers to be the only real tangible thing in his current life. In his search, he finds that life is made of many shapes and colors.

This film is about searching, discovering what we are, where we came from. No matter your race, your sex, your age, the color of your eyes or hair, we have to find ourselves within ourselves. We don't know what we really are until we face our reality. Also, that love is a feeling and not an object.

Beautiful and amazing performance by Antonio Saboia as Daniel and Pedro Fasanaro as Robson. Mr. Fasanaro shines and his innocent and angelical looks is the perfect balance to the harshness of Mr. Saboia (the police officer). It also reflects the contrast of northeastern and southern of Brazil.

There are some issues with the screenplay and continuity but overall Aly Muritiba was able to deliver a very human film.