The Man from the Future (2011) O Homen do Futuro
IMDb meta-data is runtime of 1h and 46m, rated 7.0 by 7,100 cinematizens.
Genre: Sy Fy.
DNA: Brazil.
Verdict: Tiremos o chapéu!
Tagline: Zero is something!
Fired by idealism Zero sets out to invent a cheap and green energy source only to create by accident a time machine. With it he decides to go back and correct his life for the better.
If only he knew what ‘better’ was.
In so doing he obeys the law of unintended consequences the first time. So he tries again…with even worse results. Then he remembers that old Doris Day song, ‘Que sera, sera.’
The journeys to and from the past are full of twists and turns, played with high energy. The acting from the two principals is superb. He is barely recognisable from one iteration to the next, and likewise his lady love (who does a star-turn as a hardened convict).
***
The film is set in a pristine, ultra-moderne Brazil that has touches of Brasilia, but it is not expressly so situated, well, at least not to my ears and eyes. We watched a Wondrium documentary a few weeks ago about Brasilia so that makes me an expert!
I would be glad to find more genre films from Brazil. I used an episode from City of God (2002) to illustrate Thomas Hobbes on the state of nature a long ago.