1994 · lisbon · blind-beggar · fable
The Box
Directed by Luiz Alberto Pereira1h 40m1994
The Box (1994) reads as a neutral, measured, inventive lisbon · blind-beggar · fable entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Neutral, measured, measured lisbon / blind-beggar, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- measured
- inventive
- signature
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How The Box feels to watch.
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“You want a quirky Brazilian fantasy about a man stuck inside a TV set.”
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