Trash (2014)

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 2014
	Director: Stephen Daldry, Christian Duurvoort
	Actors: Wagner Moura, Rickson Tevez, Eduardo Luis, Gabriel Weinstein, Martin Sheen, Rooney Mara, Selton Mello
	Country: GB, BR
	Genre: Polar, Adventure
	Conditions of visioning: 01.06.2015, Schauburg, Original Brasilian version with German subtitles
Synopsis: Raphael (Tevez) finds in the garbage hill he is working in a wallet. The wallet belongs to José Angelo (Moura). Together with his friends Gardo (Luis) and Rato (Weinstein) Raphael tries to find the secret of the wallet. But the police led by Frederico (Mello) is looking for that wallet too. José Angelo worked for Santos, the major of a big city.
Review: The story sounds a bit classical for a Brasilian movie: corruption, favelas, brutal police. The strength of this one is to connect all this showing a lot of the Brasilian society. The classical views of the favelas, that are the daily life for millions of Brasilians. Remember that 11.4 million of the 190 million people that lived in Brasil in 2010 resided in areas of irregular occupation definable by lack of public services or urbanization according to Brasilian statistics (reference). The view on the corruption. The view on the different middle class people, looking for justice like José Angelo or for money like Frederico. And because the kids are in this quest "because it is right", and because they see that José Angelo as an example, the movie is full of hope for the country because it is full of hope for the children. This is a great illustration of the song by Damien Saez "Et puis y a ce gamin/ Qui a le sourire aux lèvres/ Mais c'est ça l'avenir". The acting of the three kids is good to excellent. It is really authentic of childhood, poverty, will of justice and will of peace. It is also nice to see again Wagner Moura discovered in the great Action/Polar Tropa de elite (Elite squad) by José Padilha. I am pretty sure he could be a great actor if people let him do something else than action movies. The cinematography, composition and lights are good and support the story adequately. It was also a pleasure to listen to the Brasilian language. When it is not in a telenovela, it sounds really good.
Rating: 8 /10 I added another poster because I found the difference enormous. On the top, it is a conflict between two guys, two concepts of Brasil. On the bottom, it is a picture of happiness. I find the top one closer from the movie. Even if the second has also a certain message of hope.   Poster focused on the kids