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Vai~E~Vem (Come and Go) (2003)

Vai~E~Vem (Come and Go) poster
Original title
Vai e Vem
Directed by
João César Monteiro
Genre
comedy drama
Country
France, Portugal
Runtime
2h 59m
Rating
7.4 of 10 from 17 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An elderly man wanders through Lisbon engaging in strange encounters and reflections on life. The film follows his absurd interactions as he faces his own mortality.

grotesqueslow-burndarkly comicabsurdpoignantcontemplativebleaktheatrical

What happens

Kommen und Gehen (portugiesischer Originaltitel: Vai e Vem) ist ein groteskes Filmdrama des portugiesischen Regisseurs João César Monteiro aus dem Jahr 2002. Der Film war sein letztes Werk und erschien erst nach seinem Krebstod im Februar 2003. Der Film trägt Züge einer schwarzen Komödie und nimmt, in zeitgemäßer Erscheinung, zu zwei Filmen Bezug: die von Hauptdarsteller W. C. Fields geschriebene Kurzfilmkomödie The Fatal Glass of Beer (1933) und Charlie Chaplins schwarze gesellschaftskritische Komödie Monsieur Verdoux – Der Frauenmörder von Paris (1947). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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