Halfway
So, continuing with the film festival. Usually, you get a looot of bad, weird movies, and a few very good ones. One of these very good ones is "Half Nelson" - and I have nooo idea why the movie is called Helf Nelson, so if anyone can enlighten me, I would appreciate it.The movie tells the story of a teacher in a public school. He is also the coach of the girl's basketball team. He is also on cocaine and crack. He is a very nice guy - a good teacher, worried with his students - but he is an addict.
It is really great. Simple, but not simple at all, and I just love that. It is a small stor
y, but it is a very good one. It doesn't impose you with morals, it doesn't say that he is a bad guy, it doesn't set him as a bad example. It shows his struggle between his job, his students, his life - and his love of drugs. Because at one point, things start to get mixed up. It is impossible to keep different aspects of his life away from each other, locked in little safe boxes that only open at his will. He spends half of the movie trying to explain to the students how 
opposing forces run the universe and form history, and in the end, he has to face the opposing forces that act on him and make a decision, something that will decide his future, or at least resolve his present.The movie has no opening date in Brazil, so maybe it won't even be out in the cinemas after the festival. If you can, go see it. It won't change your life - and it never promises so. And that lack of pretension is one of the best things about it. And Ryan Goslin, of course!
beijos
posted by Julia Moreira Leite @ 5:24 PM
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