O Padre e a Moça

A young priest arrives in a remote and dilapidated town to replace his deceased predecessor - he doesn't know for how long, and he is unfamiliar with the locals. Apart from the poor villagers, mixed-race Indians, and diamond seekers, who live in a place of faded prosperity, living here are only a local dignitary, his beautiful young protégé, and another young, peculiar white man. The title of the film suggests where the plot will lead. However! The film relies more on the overall atmosphere (the play of silence and music is worth contemplating), the characters, excellent camera work, and interesting editing of certain scenes. However, one user on IMDb wrote, "The characters are sketched to remain mysterious (it's all suggestions, nothing is defined), but you could also call them underdeveloped." Nevertheless, they are still interesting characters within the context of the film - a woman transforming from a victim into a danger; feminine love and the body as a threat to male purity of spirit and character, or conversely, as a challenge for cleansing action towards others and one's neighbor. The film thus builds tension through the (absence) of music, the editing, and occasionally impressive black-and-white visual compositions. (17.03.2016)