As Melhores Coisas do Mundo

As Melhores Coisas do Mundo (The Best Things in the World) revolves around a teenager’s day-to-day, as seen from the perspective of young people today, as he faces the changes that will turn his world upside-down. The film tells the story of Hermano, also known as Mano, a 15 year-old boy, cast into a scenario completely new to him – Upon returning home from school one day he finds out that his parents are going to get a divorce. Mano would be just another number in the statistics of all the young people that suffer through their parent’s divorce if it weren’t for the motive behind their separation. The anguish and loss brought about by this intense experience torment the protagonist who, now, together with his older brother, must become the men at home. The Best Things in the World is a film filled with youthful energy which endeavours to portray young people today based on the experience of a 15 year-old boy, revealing the roads down which he must walk to attain to maturity. The results of discoveries such as tolerance, compassion and the true value of friendship are coupled with the feeling that everything that is solid crumbles into thin air.

The film won the Best Supporting Actor Award at the 2011 Cinema Brazil Grand Prize, the Best Supporting Actress Award at the 2010 Prêmio Contigo Cinema Brazil, the Calunga Trophy for Best Director, Best Film, Best Screenplay, Best Actor, Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Sound Editing at the Recife Cine PE Audiovisual Festival, and the APCA Trophy for Best Director and Best Screenplay at the São Paulo Association of Art Critics Awards.

Cast:
Francisco Miguez (Hermano 'Mano')
Denise Fraga (Camila)
Fiuk (Pedro)
José Carlos Machado (Horácio)

Director: Laís Bodanzky
Writer: Luiz Bolognesi, Gilberto Dimenstein
Runtime: 105 min
Genre: Drama
Language: Portuguese
Production Year: 2010

The screening is part of the 9th Brazilian Film Festival