Jogo de Mão (1983) — drama film. Directed by Monique Rutler. Starring Amílcar Botica, Márcia Breia, Orlando Costa, Júlio César.
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A four-part pseudo-morality play anthology exploring deception, abuse, power dynamics, and elite corruption through puppet narration.
Drama · 7.3/10 · 115 min · 1983
In a unique approach to what amounts to four pseudo-morality plays, director Monique Rutler has a street entertainer with hand puppets summarize the characters and idea of each story. The first sketch is about a young man who shines shoes for a living, and tries to keep up a relationship with two women while convincing each she is his only true love. The next story is about a man who beats up his wife when he is drunk, and sells furs for a living. One day, as she is riding in the back of his truck with the furs, he hits a bad patch and she and some furs fall out. The question is, will the woman be enterprising and leave the jerk - or not? The third tale concerns a woman looking into how much control a prostitute has over her clients, and to really find out, she becomes a prostitute herself for awhile - leading to some quite unexpected situations. The last segment handles the uglier side of the life styles of the rich and famous.
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