Araby

Released Jun 8, 2018

1h 37m

Drama

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93%

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29 Reviews

79%

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Fewer than 50 Ratings

A teenager finds a Brazilian factory worker's handwritten journal that recounts a life filled with equal amounts of hardship and insight.

Critics Consensus

Araby peers unflinchingly into the gloom of its characters' lives to tell an undeniably grim story that builds to a poignantly affecting conclusion.

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Tom Long

Detroit News

It's doubtlessly true, relentlessly dreary and certainly part of the modern conversation. The question is: Does it add anything to that conversation?

Rated: C+

Oct 19, 2018

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Ben Sachs

Chicago Reader

Araby is unmistakably contemporary in its fashions, settings, and physical behavior; the similarities to the past seem found rather than manufactured.

Rated: 3/4

Aug 16, 2018

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Robert Abele

Los Angeles Times

A beautifully turned Brazilian movie that carries on as if a social-cause documentary and a folk song confessional had entered into a poignant embrace.

Aug 9, 2018

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Shawn Glinis

Vague Visages

Uchoa and Dumans’ distanced, matter-of-fact portrayal of their vagabond renders Araby an elusive and open film. It’s particulars aren’t always announced, because — as with Bresson — the text ask viewers to meet it where it stands.

Dec 13, 2023

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Ken Eisner

Georgia Straight

The hard politics of capitalism are omnipresent, and yet that doesn't ruin the pleasure of this light-touch gem.

Apr 4, 2019

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Ernesto Diezmartinez

Cine Vértigo

"You could say that the film is not about anything but, really, it's about everything".

Rated: 3/4

Mar 6, 2019

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Audience Member

Bem bonitinho, amo esses filmes independentes, o dia a dia, a rotina exposta de maneira crua, um retrato sincero, um ritmo lento, mas nada que impacte negativamente, um roteiro simples, bem executado, nada grandioso, mas sensível e poético, triste, bonito, recheado de causos… E a escolha da trilha sonora, estupenda, faz doer, os depoimentos são tão reais e vívidos…

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/12/23

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Audience Member

Very original approach with the storyline playing out through Cristiano's writings on most of his adult life experiences in a working-class Brazil where there seemingly is no upward mobility.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/29/23

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João Dumans

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Affonso Uchoa

Director

Aristides De Sousa

Cristiano

Murilo Caliari

Andre

Renata Cabral

Ana

Renan Rovida

Renan

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Synopsis

A teenager finds a Brazilian factory worker's handwritten journal that recounts a life filled with equal amounts of hardship and insight.

Director: João Dumans, Affonso Uchoa
Producer: Vitor Graize
Screenwriter: João Dumans, Affonso Uchoa
Distributor: Grasshopper Film
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Brazilian Portuguese
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 8, 2018, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 1, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA): $37.6K
Runtime: 1h 37m

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