THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET – Fernanda Montenegro
O Outro Lado da Rua / The Other Side of the Street (2004)
Direction: Marcos Bernstein
Screenplay: Marcos Bernstein and Melanie Dimantas
Cast: Fernanda Montenegro, Raul Cortez, Laura Cardoso, Luiz Carlos Persy, Miguel Lunardi
As in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1954 thriller Rear Window, the amateur sleuth in Marcos Bernstein’s feature film début, O Outro Lado da Rua / The Other Side of the Street, believes she has witnessed a murder while spying with binoculars on a neighbor. But has she, or is it all a figment of the imagination of a lonely, embittered older woman?
Unlike Hitchcock, Bernstein (co-writer of Central Station) is less preoccupied with the alleged murder than with the psychological and emotional workings of the two protagonists: a widower (Raul Cortez) [...]
by Andre Soares | December 8, 2004
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Tags: Brazilian Cinema, Fernanda Montenegro, Film Reviews, Marcos Bernstein, O Outro Lado da Rua, Raul Cortez, Romantic Movies, The Other Side of the Street, Three-Star Movies