Word: otavio
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that young Tiao will be the hero of the plot; young, eager, hardworking, he makes plans to marry his girlfriend whom he has made pregnant. But his downfall comes when he cannot see the pitfalls of not participating in the impending strike. Instead, he selfishly goes against his father Otavio and walks the picket line of his striking colleagues...
...Tiao's actions hurt his father even more than Maria. Otavio disagrees with the timing of the strike, but goes along with it to show his solidarity with the workers' rights. Shocked by his son's actions to the contrary, we see his poignant realization of his son's misdirection, not cowardice, at the moment Tiao becomes a scab. With the backing of his wife Romana. Otavio kicks Tiao out of the house, preferring to lose his son than shelter a traitor to the worker's cause...
...actors adorn their characters with a modest simplicity; they never try to make them into more than they just are--poor workers beset by circumstances largely out of their control. Gianfrancesco Guarneri as Otavio and Fernanda Montenegro as his wife Romano are magnificent relying frequently on silent movement and glances to display inner turmoil about their son and about their predicament with the strike. One particularly touching moment occurs as the two sit at the kitchen table, silently counting the red beans that will become their dinner. The movements of their languid hands, which grasp each other passionately, show more...
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