Tuesday, November 08, 2011

Tabu (1982)

In theory, this has as characters Oswald de Andrade (a Brazilian writer), Lamartine Babo (a Brazilian popular composer), and João do Rio (another Brazilian writer).

Actually, it does not seem to be about anything. It is only a series of puns, amateurish musical numbers, women in the nude or semi-nude, excerpts from Tabu: A Story of the South Seas (1931), excerpts from old sex movies, and undefinable noneventful sequences. The soundtrack includes samples of bizarre old Brazilian songs. As I do not like to finish without an appreciative comment, there is a certain amusement to be had in the sequences featuring an effete Francisco Alves (a Brazilian singer) walking in the company of Mário Reis (another Brazilian singer).

Rating: 12

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