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Favorite films

  • Scent of a Woman
  • Monster
  • Dead Poets Society
  • Paris, Texas

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  • City of Angels

    ★★½

  • Sinners

    ★★★★½

  • Trap

    ★★★

  • Nights of Cabiria

    ★★★★

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City of Angels

1998

★★½ Rewatched

I could come here and say that City of Angels is painful and beautiful — but I’d be lying about everything I actually feel for this film.

I recently decided to rewatch it, trying to give it another chance and understand what so many people see as touching in this story. But the truth is, the discomfort not only remained — it deepened. I don’t see beauty here. To me, their relationship isn’t romantic — it’s selfish. I don’t see…

Perfect Days

2023

★★★★½ Liked Watched

Paris, Texas surprised me in a way that I always talk about it whenever I get the chance. Then, Alice in the Cities, with its quiet beauty, also left a mark on me, and now, Perfect Days, with its serene calmness and subtle beauty, has won my heart. The film, with its introspective pace and few dialogues, never made me feel lost. On the contrary, it felt like a journey of silent observation of life around us.

The absence of…

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Conclave

2024

★★★½ 2

Red is beautiful, striking—almost a protagonist in the film Conclave. It's a color often used in audiovisual works and, curiously, never one of my favorites—but here, it left me in awe. Visually, I have no complaints. The scenes are well-constructed, and the atmosphere is strong and immersive. However, I can’t say the same for the story’s development.

Despite its two and a half hours of runtime, Conclave felt rushed. Paradoxically, I was never bored, but by the end, it felt…

Anora

2024

★★★★★ Liked Watched

I loved it, I loved it and I loved it, I could say a thousand times how much I loved this film, Sean Baker remains one of my favorite directors.
I went to the cinema today with my friends to see Anora, and at the end of the session, everyone was fighting me for taking them to watch a film with a sad ending.

Before watching, I saw a lot of people on the internet complaining about the ending, and…

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