Carmo, Hit the Road (2008)
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29% of critics liked it
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33% of users liked it
(677 ratings)
Edgy, hard as nails, Brazilian belle Carmo would do anything to escape the hell hole of a Brazilian border town where she lives. So when a lonesome, wheelchair-bound petty thief named Marco arrives on the scene in an old pick up truck full of smuggled goods, she jumps at the chance to help him… More Edgy, hard as nails, Brazilian belle Carmo would do anything to escape the hell hole of a Brazilian border town where she lives. So when a lonesome, wheelchair-bound petty thief named Marco arrives on the scene in an old pick up truck full of smuggled goods, she jumps at the chance to help him transport the shipment. Carmo and Marco start a lawless, reckless journey of self discovery, and an unlikely romance through the lush and jagged South American landscape, chased by banditos, the police and their own passions alike. -- (C) First Run Features
- Directed By
- Murilo Pasta
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure, Romance, Art House & International
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Oct 15, 2010 Limited
- Studio
- First Run Features
Critic Reviews
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Mike Hale, New York Times
It's not a memorable ride, but there's enough rueful humor, tropical sensuality and borrowed style along the way to make it pleasant.
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Eric Hynes, Time Out New York
Pasta's maximalist approach repels any emotional investment, even as Loureiro and Martínez make for an appealing screen couple among the appalling settings.
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Ernest Hardy, Village Voice
Pasta films it all, including dazzling stretches of South American landscape, with a painter's eye for color and the intriguing faces of his extras.
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Jesse Cataldo, Slant Magazine
In the end, Carmo, Hit the Road suffers from an inability to decide what it wants to present.
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Prairie Miller, Critics' Choice Movies
Euro-Brazilian director Pasta casts a contemptuous eye on the exotic masses around him, characterizing the underclass as duplicitous and depraved, and mentally challenged at best. Forget about how it all ended up that way. Poverty porn, Brazilian style.
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Cast
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Fele Martínez
as Marco Bermejo
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Mariana Loureiro
as Maria do Carmo
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Seu Jorge
as Amparo de Jesús, Amparo de Jesús, Ampar...
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Mauricio García
as Diamantino dos Anjos
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Paca Gabaldon
as Luz Guarany
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Rosi Campos
as Serrana de Jesús Feliciano, Serrana de ...
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Norival Rizzo
as Alberto Chagas
