Friendly Beast (2018)
Friendly Beast
”A Brazilian restaurant turns into a battleground during an armed robbery, forcing strangers to fight for survival.”
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This Brazilian suspense brings a cast of well-known names, such as Murilo Benício, Camila Morgado and Humberto Carrão. The story is a great metaphor for the current situation in Brazil, the differences between classes and genders, in the whirlwind of emotions that has marked our society. All this without ceasing to be a tense work, with a script that hooks our attention. The direction has the signature of Gabriela Amaral, in her first feature film – a job that deserves praise.
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The tense survival tale is set over several late-night hours in a sparsely-peopled Brazilian restaurant. When an armed robbery interrupts an already-terse dynamic between boss and customer, a group of virtual strangers are tossed into a frantic fight for their lives.
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