MARIA DUARTE recommends a remarkable study of the friendship between a Palestinian and a Pakistani, broken by a hostile state
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Low budget, high impact
MARIA DUARTE sees a film made on a shoestring which punches way above its weight
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PETER MASON is exhilarated by an exciting, well-considered and historically minded tribute to the great Trinidadian instrument
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Socrates (15)
Directed by Alexandre Moratto
WITH Socrates, Brazilian-American director Alexandre Moratto shows what a powerful, haunting and socially realistic film you can make on a budget of just $20,000.
Three years in the making, and inspired by the loss of his own mother, the film is set in Sao Paulo, where it follows the coming-of-age drama of 15-year-old Socrates (impressive newcomer Christian Malheiros) who, after his mum’s sudden death, has to fend for himself.
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