Intrepid (The)

Against a backdrop of football and cinema, a beautiful story of resistance in the Brazil 1950s. São Paulo, Brazil, 1950. Preparations for the World Cup World Cup football is in full swing, the first time since the war. Vera and Luiz live peaceful days with their father Jorge, a railway worker. Young Luiz shares his time between school, football, the cinema which he loves, and his friend Mario, a young baker who emigrated from Italy to Brazil, like many others since the end of the war and the liberation of fascist Italy. But a terrible accident comes to turn their lives upside down: Jorge, the father, is knocked down and killed by the train derailment. Investigation reveals that a lack of maintenance of the rails is at the origin of the accident. As a sign of protest, the railway workers decided to stop work, but the company that employs them sends strike breakers violently suppress this protest movement. For their part, the children of Jorge suffers intimidation and threats... A simple and beautiful story of resistance and struggle, of the poor against the rich, of the weak against the powerful. Andrea Campanella has produced a generous and sensitive scenario, which the line Anthony Mazza's Claire serves wonderfully. A beautiful homage to neorealist films of the time...