"The result brings together the spontaneity of Vintenberg's "The Celebration" and the creative intimacy from John Cassavetes" - Ubiratan Brasil – Estado De São Paulo Newspaper / "The film records the play between reality and fiction set up by five actors – among them a devastating Pedro Bricio – gathered together in a house" - Rodrigo Fonseca – Rio Show magazine / "If film making is about getting in "friction with the world", as Comolli says, Jatahy, in realizing a friction between acting and being, builds an enticing film, which provokes the boundaries which so often confront us, and that really deserves an attentive glance." - Ursula Rösele, a critic at Festival De Tiradentes / "It's incredible, but once again the phenomenon repeats itself: the first A-plus at the Festival comes from our cinema. (
) the extraordinary first film of a young filmmaker who does not want to change the world, but instead wants to be relevant as to the anguishes and issues which concern all of us. Wait also for a master's delivery by those involved, including Walter Carvalho's typically fabulous cinematography. The lack that pushes us, after all, moves us all" - Fernando Carbone, critic at Festival do Rio / "Each viewer can draw his or her particular conclusion and it is exactly this what makes The lack that pushes us not only a great film but also a project of absolute relevance for contemporary artistic language. A must-see" - Erika Liporaci Cinema, critic at Festival do Rio / "The work of the five actors, all of them excellent as individuals who could and could not be what they are in real life is, without a doubt, an interesting experience for Brazilian cinema and a curious study on the interference of reality on fiction and vice-versa. One of those films which are worth checking out" - Cecilia Barroso – Pipoca magazine / "The film grips the attention of the viewer, especially because of the atmosphere of constantly rising emotion and drama that it transmits." - Sersi Bardari – São Paulo Film Festival / "It turns out impossible to tell what is real from what is acting. The pain, the need, the void, the complicity, the laughter, the love... All this emerges and reveals the so-called lack, which is allegedly so enticing as well. The camera work and the edition are excellent and help the audience get involved with those people. It's a perfect marriage between drama and film, without falling into the pitfall of "filmed stage play".
