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Thus, the second feature film by Brazilian Luiz Fernando Carvalho and the debut feature by his compatriot Sacha Amaral share the podium with two main awards. In the case of this last film, El placer es mío, it is a mostly Argentine production (Amaral has lived in our country for many years), and it is the portrait of a young man in eternal conflict with his friends, family, multiple lovers and with himself with a precise dramatic structure, remarkable performances and a realistic style not without poetry.
A paixão segundo GH, a very personal adaptation of Clarice Lispector’s novel of the same name, marks Carvalho’s return to cinema after two decades of intense work on television in his country. With an extraordinary performance by Maria Fernanda Cândido, who deservedly won the award for Best Performance (for a few years now the award has not distinguished between the sexes), the film describes the inner journey of a woman of high society after having an epiphany in the most unexpected circumstances. Unlike Pleasure is Mine, A paixão… It is an almost experimental film, a collage of memories and desires shot on the beautiful 35mm analogue support.