Drained (O Cheiro Do Ralo) (2006)
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78% of users liked it
(1,756 ratings)
A noxious stench and a perfect derriere send the mind of a perverse pawn shop proprietor spinning into insanity in a darkly humorous tale of mental malaise from director Heitor Dhalia. Lourenço takes perverse pleasure in profiting from the misfortune of his fellow man. A pawn shop owner who relishes… More A noxious stench and a perfect derriere send the mind of a perverse pawn shop proprietor spinning into insanity in a darkly humorous tale of mental malaise from director Heitor Dhalia. Lourenço takes perverse pleasure in profiting from the misfortune of his fellow man. A pawn shop owner who relishes in the power that he holds over the desperate visitors to his modest store, Lourenço becomes fixated on a smell that seems to be coming from the bathroom drain and proves virtually impossible to eradicate. Another of Lourenço's strange obsessions is the behind of a waitress who works in a nearby restaurant. Though he hates the food she serves and can't even remember her name as hard as he tries, Lourenço's fixation on the waitress' shapely buttocks proves as difficult to shake as the repulsive smell which seems to have worked it's way into his very pores. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Directed By
- Heitor Dhalia
- Genres
- Drama, Art House & International, Comedy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Sep 27, 2006 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Robert Koehler, Variety
With Mello, Dhalia has a central performance mixing vulnerability and mischief that keeps the film centered and never less than engaging.
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Jeremy Mathews, Film Threat
A dissonant mess, as frustratingly bad as it is boldly ambitious.
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