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”
Leia Mais21, 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”
Leia Mais6, Jan — 2017
Dois Irmãos Worth Every Second
- TELEPADI
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.”
Leia Mais9, Jan — 2017
Dois Irmãos Conveys in Beautiful Images a Growing Atmosphere of Tragedy
- 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.”
Leia Mais10, 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.
Leia Mais23, Jan — 2017
Highs and Lows of Mini-Series Dois Irmãos
- Correio Braziliense
“Dois Irmãos is a great adaptation, and it goes to show that free TV still has the breath to make good productions.”
Leia Mais9, Jan — 2017
Dois Irmãos Resumes Luiz Fernando Carvalho’s Old Artistic Project and Has Stunning First Chapter
“Dois Irmãos resumes Luiz Fernando Carvalho’s old artistic project and has a stunning first chapter”
Leia Mais4, Nov — 2012
“You da killer of yourself”
- 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.”
Leia Mais13, Jan — 2017
The Theatric Character that Makes of Dois Irmãos a TV Masterpiece
- 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.”
Leia Mais23, Jan — 2017
Dois Irmãos: Archaeology of Memory, Allegory of Destruction
- 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.”
Leia Mais9, Jan — 2017
Archetypes and Epiphanies in Dois Irmãos
“(…) we are seeing, all the time, not a realistic mirror, but a lush representation, a mythical saga, a work of art.”
Leia Mais23, Jan — 2017
Analysis: The Fantastic Experience of Luiz Fernando Carvalho in Dois Irmãos
- 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.”
Leia Mais10, Jan — 2017
Dois Irmãos, the Amazon Version of the Story of Cain and Abel
- 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.”
Leia Mais21, Jan — 2017
Globo Rolls Up its Sleeves in View of Netflix’s Increasing Market Share
- 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.”
Leia Mais12, Jan — 2017
Dois Irmãos: A Mini-Series to Pay Close Attention
- 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.”
Leia Mais9, Jan — 2017
Dois Irmãos has a Penetrating and Poetic Adaptation in Globo TV
- Revista Veja
13, Jan — 2017
The Theatric Character that Makes of Dois Irmãos a TV Masterpiece
- 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.”
Leia Mais23, Jan — 2017
Dois Irmãos: Archaeology of Memory, Allegory of Destruction
- 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.”
Leia Mais9, Jan — 2017
Archetypes and Epiphanies in Dois Irmãos
“(…) we are seeing, all the time, not a realistic mirror, but a lush representation, a mythical saga, a work of art.”
Leia Mais12, Jan — 2017
In Adaptation of Dois Irmãos for TV, Luiz Fernando Carvalho Turns Milton Hatoum’s Prose into Poetry
6, Jan — 2017
Dois Irmãos: Another Cut from Deep Brazil
“Dois Irmãos is (more) a portrait of deep Brazil, of innermost Brazil, which Luiz Fernando Carvalho so much seeks”
Leia Mais14, Jan — 2017
Dois Irmãos: Zana’s choice
- 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.”
Leia Mais11, Jan — 2017
Dois Irmãos: The Story that Goes Beyond the Pages
- Blog Extraliterário
“Adaptations of literary works can be disappointing. This is not the case with what was done with Dois Irmãos. ”
Leia Mais21, Jan — 2017
Intense and Unsettling, Dois Irmãos Hooks the Public, Critics and Proves that it Doesn’t Take Hectic Pace to Succeed
- Observatório da Televisão
21, Jan — 2017
More than Attention, Dois Irmãos Required minimal external influence.
13, Jan — 2017
The “Amazonian Farming” by Luiz Fernando Carvalho
- 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.”
Leia Mais21, 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.”
Leia Mais23, Jan — 2017
If it had a happy ending, Dois Irmãos would not be romance but self-help
“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”
Leia Mais11, Dec — 2018
APCA Elects the Best of TV in 2017; A Força do Querer and Sob Pressão Stand Out
- 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.”
Leia Mais28, Dec — 2017
A Fertile Year in Which Television Reaffirmed its Relevance
- 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”
Leia Mais31, Dec — 2017
2017 Retrospective: On Free TV, Soap Operas Recover Good Audience
- 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”
Leia Mais30, Dec — 2017
My year’s list
- 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”
Leia Mais22, Dec — 2017
Top 10: Dois Irmãos, Sob Pressão, and Eight Other Great TV Moments in 2017
- 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.”
Leia Mais3, 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.”
Leia Mais11, Jan — 2017
Perfect 10
- 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!”
Leia Mais12, Jan — 2017
Perfect 10
- 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.”
Leia Mais