13 Sentimentos (Perfect Endings)

13 Sentimentos (Perfect Endings), dir. Daniel Ribeiro, 2024 Brazil, 100 min., in Portuguese with English subtitles 💖

Thursday, June 27, 2024, 8:30 PM, Vogue Theatre • International premiere

not available in the Digital Screening Room streaming encore

⚠️Content advisory: contains semi-explicit simulated sex scenes

13 Sentimentos (Perfect Endings)

In 2010, Daniel Ribeiro brought his wonderful short film Eu não quero voltar sozinho (I Don’t Want to Go Back Alone) [YouTube] to Frameline 34, where it was met with thunderous applause. Four years later, he returned with the feature-length version of the same basic story, Hoje eu quero voltar sozinho (literally Today I Want to Go Back Alone, but titled in English as The Way He Looks) [Netflix], which won the audience award for best feature at Frameline38. By amusing coincidence, if Leonardo and Gabriel were in high school in 2010, they would now be very close to the age of the main characters in this year’s film.

However, the characters and the story in 13 Sentimentos (Perfect Endings) are quite different. João (Artur Volpi, pictured foreground) is a struggling filmmaker who just ended a 10-year relationship. He’s trying to find work, he’s trying to finish a screenplay, he’s trying to find a hookup, and ultimately he’s trying to find love. The line between the screenplay he’s writing and his actual experiences begins to blur as he encounters ups and downs in all areas of his life. It’s a rom-com, and funny throughout, including some of the sexy scenes, but there are also some serious moments of genuine emotion and connection. Enthusiastically recommended, MUST SEE.

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