Critical Fortune - Luiz Fernando Carvalho

8, Jan — 2017

Dois Irmãos is a Good Year Start

“The series is a work to be praised, a great contribution by Carvalho to Brazilian television”

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21, Jan — 2017

The Sound and Fury of Dois Irmãos

“A well-told story tells of itself as well as other things. That told us about Brazil, about its frustrated utopia of a multiethnic, sensual, and happy nation. A treat to the audience, which will be surely missed”

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6, Jan — 2017

Dois Irmãos Worth Every Second

  • Cristina Padiglione
  • TELEPADI

“In two words: don’t miss.”

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22, Jan — 2017

Review: Dois Irmãos

  • Blog Odisseia

“The image is his forte, and he uses it in a lyrical and well-concerted way. It is like the conductor of an opera every frame, every single scene, every infamous dialogue.”

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9, Jan — 2017

Dois Irmãos Conveys in Beautiful Images a Growing Atmosphere of Tragedy

  • Nilson Xavier
  • UOL

“(The mini-series) is powered by Luiz Fernando Carvalho, which — we already know — means fine aesthetics, photography, shooting, soundtrack, and directing of actors. (…) For those who are abreast of Luiz Fernando Carvalho’s work, each production is known to be unique, even within its distinctive direction style.”

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10, Jan — 2017

Dois Irmãos | Globo’s New Mini-series Debut with Beautiful Images in Impeccable Direction

  • Site Omelete

Luiz Fernando Carvalho’s beautiful work always sounds like an expressionist painting — you may not understand it right away, it will not make you jump off the couch, but it makes you more cultured just by looking at it.

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23, Jan — 2017

Highs and Lows of Mini-Series Dois Irmãos

  • Adriana Izel
  • Correio Braziliense

“Dois Irmãos is a great adaptation, and it goes to show that free TV still has the breath to make good productions.”

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9, Jan — 2017

Dois Irmãos Resumes Luiz Fernando Carvalho’s Old Artistic Project and Has Stunning First Chapter

  • André Santana

“Dois Irmãos resumes Luiz Fernando Carvalho’s old artistic project and has a stunning first chapter”

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4, Nov — 2012

“You da killer of yourself”

  • Tatiana Tiburcio
  • Negro Olhar

Suburbia offers a fresh look at many received truths. (…) It has hit the ground running in its first chapter, with a handful of ethnic, social and cultural issues that are relevant for each and every citizen, but especially for the Brazilian black people when it comes to the possibility of changing some confining stereotypes.”

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13, Jan — 2017

The Theatric Character that Makes of Dois Irmãos a TV Masterpiece

  • Edianez Parente
  • The Huffington Post

 “The theatricality that makes Dois Irmãos a masterpiece of television. (…) Dois Irmãos, the 10-chapter TV Globo mini-series adapted from the well-known book by Milton Hatoum, has the grandeur that an epic set in the Amazon requires.”

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23, Jan — 2017

Dois Irmãos: Archaeology of Memory, Allegory of Destruction

  • Ilana Feldman
  • Bravo

 “Dois Irmãos his most recent work, transcreation to audiovisual format, based on Maria Camargo’s script, of the Milton Hatoum’s novel of the same name, can from now on be understood as an archeology of memory, ruins, traces of words and images, dreams and promises that accumulated throughout the 20th century in Brazil.”

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9, Jan — 2017

Archetypes and Epiphanies in Dois Irmãos

  • Carlos Alberto de Mattos

“(…) we are seeing, all the time, not a realistic mirror, but a lush representation, a mythical saga, a work of art.”

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23, Jan — 2017

Analysis: The Fantastic Experience of Luiz Fernando Carvalho in Dois Irmãos

  • Sergio Motta
  • O Estado de S.Paulo

“Luiz Fernando Carvalho is really a genius, an exception to the mediocrity that prevails on TV. Its return to the big screens is more than necessary, notwithstanding its movie-like TV approach.”

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10, Jan — 2017

Dois Irmãos, the Amazon Version of the Story of Cain and Abel

  • Rodrigo Fonseca
  • O Estado de S.Paulo

“Punctuated by quasi-philosophical phrases about the sometimes stuttering speech of Time (another Carvalho’s inspiration), Maria Camargo’s version of Hatoum’s novel overflows with the acclaimed director’s almost theological look a biblical dimension of fraternal, split-off fraternity on the verge of resentment extremes.”

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21, Jan — 2017

Globo Rolls Up its Sleeves in View of Netflix’s Increasing Market Share

  • Mauricio Stycer
  • Folha de S.Paulo

 “The mini-series “Dois Irmãos,” which ended last Friday, is of an astonishing quality for those who have access to only free TV in Brazil.”

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12, Jan — 2017

Dois Irmãos: A Mini-Series to Pay Close Attention

  • Vanessa Scalei
  • Zero Hora

 “Dois Irmãos is yet another proof that the director always manages to deliver a dense, well-produced, and uncommonly aesthetic work on Brazilian television. (…) Dois Irmãos have a narrative that fully arrests the audience’s attention.”

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9, Jan — 2017

Dois Irmãos has a Penetrating and Poetic Adaptation in Globo TV

  • Meire Kusumoto
  • Revista Veja

 “Carvalho once again shows his theatrical, sensitive, and poetic style in the adaptation”

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13, Jan — 2017

The Theatric Character that Makes of Dois Irmãos a TV Masterpiece

  • Edianez Parente
  • The Huffington Post

“The theatricality that makes Dois Irmãos a masterpiece of television. (…) Dois Irmãos, the 10-chapter TV Globo mini-series adapted from the well-known book by Milton Hatoum, has the grandeur that an epic set in the Amazon requires.”

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23, Jan — 2017

Dois Irmãos: Archaeology of Memory, Allegory of Destruction

  • Ilana Feldman
  • MAD

“Dois Irmãos his most recent work, transcreation to audiovisual format, based on Maria Camargo’s script, of the Milton Hatoum’s novel of the same name, can from now on be understood as an archeology of memory, ruins, traces of words and images, dreams and promises that accumulated throughout the 20th century in Brazil.”

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9, Jan — 2017

Archetypes and Epiphanies in Dois Irmãos

  • Carlos Alberto de Mattos

“(…) we are seeing, all the time, not a realistic mirror, but a lush representation, a mythical saga, a work of art.”

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12, Jan — 2017

In Adaptation of Dois Irmãos for TV, Luiz Fernando Carvalho Turns Milton Hatoum’s Prose into Poetry

  • Vera Ceccarello

6, Jan — 2017

Dois Irmãos: Another Cut from Deep Brazil

  • Bruno Viterbo

“Dois Irmãos is (more) a portrait of deep Brazil, of innermost Brazil, which Luiz Fernando Carvalho so much seeks”

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14, Jan — 2017

Dois Irmãos: Zana’s choice

  • Alana Freitas
  • Blog Entrelinhas

“Milton Hatoum’s Dois Irmãos, an adaptation of the namesake novel (2000, Jabuti Prize 2001) by Maria Camargo, is yet another high-quality production of a literary work translated into television screens.”

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11, Jan — 2017

Dois Irmãos: The Story that Goes Beyond the Pages

  • Jéssica Carvalho
  • Blog Extraliterário

“Adaptations of literary works can be disappointing. This is not the case with what was done with Dois Irmãos. ”

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21, Jan — 2017

Intense and Unsettling, Dois Irmãos Hooks the Public, Critics and Proves that it Doesn’t Take Hectic Pace to Succeed

  • André Santana
  • Observatório da Televisão

21, Jan — 2017

More than Attention, Dois Irmãos Required minimal external influence.

  • Nilson Xavier

“Sweeping performances.”

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13, Jan — 2017

The “Amazonian Farming” by Luiz Fernando Carvalho

  • Cristiane Guzzi
  • Revista Caju

“What Carvalho alone seems to bring to the table is the establishment of an in-depth study of the work, critique, tradition, and especially the echoes that the production of the selected writers produces in the fictional setting.”

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21, Jan — 2017

Dois Irmãos: Luiz Fernando Carvalho Makes Poetry out of Hatoum’s `Lifework

  • Blog Aurora de Cinema

“Hatoum won it, we won with this teledramaturgy pearl which is the DOIS IRMÃOS mini-series.”

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23, Jan — 2017

If it had a happy ending, Dois Irmãos would not be romance but self-help

  • Mauricio Stycer

“She (Eliane Giardini) had the courage to abandon fear, vanity, and all the nonsense, and plunged into a very delicate risk zone. And that really moved me”

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11, Dec — 2018

APCA Elects the Best of TV in 2017; A Força do Querer and Sob Pressão Stand Out

  • Gabriel Vaquer
  • Observatório da Televisão

“The first was Gloria Perez’s novel A Força do Querer, which won in the categories of Best Novel and Juliana Paes as Best Actress, for the interpretations of Bibi Perigosa and Zana of Dois Irmãos. (…) The São Paulo critic also celebrated Luiz Fernando Carvalho as Best Director, for his work on the series Dois Irmãos, aired in January by Globo.”

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28, Dec — 2017

A Fertile Year in Which Television Reaffirmed its Relevance

  • Patricia Kogut
  • O Estado de S.Paulo
  • O Globo

“Still in television drama, Dois Irmãos opened the year very well, with the great adaptation by Maria Camargo and Luiz Fernando Carvalho from the book by Milton Hatoum. Cauã Reymond, Eliane Giardini, Irandhir Santos, Antonio Calloni and others stood out”

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31, Dec — 2017

2017 Retrospective: On Free TV, Soap Operas Recover Good Audience

  • Adriana Del Ré
  • O Estado de S.Paulo

“The year had begun with the impactful story of Dois Irmãos, based on the book by Milton Hatoum, directed by Luiz Fernando Carvalho, about the twin brothers Yaqub and Omar, whose relationship is marked by hatred and grudge. The cast ensured beautiful performances, especially actors Cauã Reymond and Juliana Paes. By the way, here is a caveat: this was the year of Juliana Paes”

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30, Dec — 2017

My year’s list

  • Cristina Padiglione
  • Folha de S.Paulo

“Beautifully finished miniseries for a disturbing story that took us to rainy Manaus, a region so little visited by TV, with masterful performances of Cauã Reymond, Antonio Fagundes, Eliane Giardini, and Juliana Paes”

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22, Dec — 2017

Top 10: Dois Irmãos, Sob Pressão, and Eight Other Great TV Moments in 2017

  • Mauricio Stycer
  • UOL

“An adaptation of a book that already has classic feel to it,“ Dois Irmãos” has arrived at Globo through the hands of Luiz Fernando Carvalho, one of the most restless and inventive directors of television, and screenwriter Maria Camargo. Milton Hatoum’s novel, which had already been adapted for theater and even comics, came to life in the miniseries. The cast, featuring Antonio Calloni, Juliana Paes, Eliane Giardini and Cauã Reymond (in the role of the twins Yakub and Omar), thrilled by the delivery on the scene.”

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3, Jan — 2018

F5 Award: Know 2017 Winners

  • Folha de S.Paulo

“For his role in the mini-series “Dois Irmãos,” Cauã Reymond was celebrated as the best actor of series.”

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11, Jan — 2017

Perfect 10

  • Patricia Kogut
  • O Globo

“For Maria Camargo and Luiz Fernando Carvalho, Cauã Reymond, Antonios Calloni and Fagundes, Juliana Paes and Eliane Giardini, and for everyone involved in the beautiful debut of “Dois Irmãos.” What a wonderful series!”

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12, Jan — 2017

Perfect 10

  • Patricia Kogut
  • O Globo

“For the casting of “Dois Irmãos” (Luiz Antônio Rocha produced the cast). For instance, Matheus Abreu’s twins are striking for their resemblance to Cauã Reymond. What a fair job.”

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