A portrait of a Brazilianness that is little represented on screen. It assumes a key role in bringing the pain, difficulties and reality that most of the population in the country faces. It is understandable why Marte Um won great prizes in Gramado. It had its premiere at the Sundance festival and arrives in theaters in Brazil next Thursday (25).
Marte Um, scripted and directed by Gabriel Martins, features a black family from the periphery of Minas Gerais, in search of their dreams at a delicate moment in the country, which has just changed its presidency, bringing unemployment and rising food prices. There is a balance, on an invisible tightrope, of parents trying to keep their jobs, which in case of absence, can derail family life.
The film of a Minas Gerais production company Filmes de Plástico can be transcribed as a film of representation in its details, ranging from the macro of the narrative to the micro on the screen. With extremely reflective dialogues, we came across themes such as prison privatization in a state that represents the first in the country. Distribution of household tasks by gender. The innocence of a child and even the projection of the parents’ unfulfilled dreams into their children, as an improvement in the life of the previous generation.
Deivinho, the child of the house, is discovering his interests and, contrary to the reality of many who find a way out in soccer, he finds his in science. Discouraged at first by his surroundings, Deivinho dreams of participating in a Mars colonization mission and becoming an astrophysicist. We realize during the narrative that we often do what others want and not what we actually want, in a constant concern with what is expected of us.
“NOT EVERYTHING THAT IS COMBINED SHOULD BE ACCEPTED”.
Marte Um highlights what we already know, but forgot: Rethink, value the worker and above all their dreams. Have you ever paid attention to the desires of the people who live with you? And the ones that work for you?
You can find Marte Um in the main cinemas in Brazil.
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