It’s only towards the end that the plot gears up a few notches, something that will either infuriate or delight you, depending on how much you’ve enjoyed Seashore up to that point. Little background information is given for us to work with, so instead, the audience has to infer the events that preceded the pairs reunion and their subsequent interactions. Instead, meaning is found in the hidden glances the two share, the words that aren’t said. The bare bones of the story concerns the relationship between two Brazilian friends, Martin (Mateus Almada) and Tomaz (Mauiricio Jose Barcellos), but here, words are rarely exchanged. However, if you can forego a lack of narrative in favour of an entrancing tone and atmosphere, Seashore could be one of the most mesmerising films you’ll see all year. It’s important to stress from the outset that the Seashore ( Beira-Mar) does not cater to everyone’s tastes, even if you’re a fan of small, independent films, or even world cinema in general. No, cinema is so much more than that, although sometimes, one needs to look outside of the Hollywood machine to find those different kind of films, ones that treat cinema as an art form rather than merely as spectacle. In a world of super heroes and transforming robots, it’s easy to forget sometimes that there’s more to cinema than dramatic explosions and scantily clad women, although that’s obviously a huge part of it… *shakes fist angrily at Michael Bay. During their stay, the pair redefine the boundaries of their friendship, exploring what they really mean to one another. Two estranged friends are sent to deal with family documents at a remote Brazilian beach house. Starring Mateus Almada, Mauricio Jose Barcellos, Elisa Brites, Francisco Gick, and Fernando Hart.

Directed by Filipe Matzembacher and Marcio Reolon.

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