La vingança (2016)

	Also Known As: El revenge
	Year of first release: 2016
	Director: Fernando Fraiha
	Actors: Daniel Furlan, Felipe Rocha, Leandra Leal, Adrián Navarro
	Country: BR, RA
	Genre: Comedy
	Conditions of visioning: 22.09.2018, Schauburg, FFB2018, Brasilian/Spanish version with English subtitle
Synopsis: When Caco (Rocha) finds his girlfriend Julia (Leal) having sex with a rich Argentinian Facundo (Navarro), he goes to his friend Vadão (Furlan). Together they hit the road to Buenos Aires aboard an orange Opala 72, with a mission: be with as many women as possible. Well Vadão's plan...
Review: The plot sounds very cheap Hollywood comedy but the writing makes it all! The trip is triggered in such a way that it does not look like the two buddies think seriously in having a hot trip. And each encounter is very funny, whoever they meet. The girls at the bar, the mechanic, the girl in the washing room, the musicians in the van.  The dialogues are killing me! The slaps that Caco is getting and that are necessary to wake up and SPOILER really cut from his ex-girlfriend. These are not just crude and direct, these are really things that everybody who listened complains from a good friend not stopping talking about an ex would like to say. It is never sliding to the burlesque or ridiculousness. Every step is thought to push either Caco into freedom from his ex or to push Vadão into freedom from his quest for lust.  The fact that all the Brasilians of the story are going to Argentina brings also some other humor that is enriching the comedy, even if the football theme is recurring and omnipresent as soon as the guys in the van are met. The actors are matching very well the normal characters. The buddies are at the same granularity in their description. This gives more depth to the story and this is really interesting. This movie feels like (500) days of Summer for its authenticity in treating a difficult situation of the sentimental life. Really fine book and script!
Rating: 7 /10