Inspired by the moving book “Só as Mães São Felizes”, by Lucinha Araújo, Cazuza's mother, the film covers a little more than 10 years of the singer’s crazy and brief life – from the beginning of his career in the Circo Voador venue, in 1981, to the huge success and the apotheosis of his shows with the Barão Vermelho band, his solo career, his relations with his parents, friends, lovers and passions, and the courage he had to face his final years, with HIV, until his death, in 1990.
If Cazuza: Time Doesn't Stop hit you the right way, here are Hollywood films that share its DNA. Same emotional weight, same kind of stories, same kind of payoff.
What ties these together is grief, longing, and figuring out who you are. The world both films live in revolves around family wounds passed down and family duty. Both move the same way too, melancholic, dark comedy, slow burn, and episodic.
What ties these together is loss of innocence, longing, and figuring out who you are. Both circle the same ground: family wounds passed down, family duty, and men and women navigating expectations. The feel is the same: melancholic, warm, slow burn, and episodic.
What ties these together is grief, loss of innocence, and longing. Both circle the same ground: family wounds passed down, caught between worlds, and family duty. Both move the same way too, melancholic, hopeful, slow burn, and episodic.
Like Cazuza: Time Doesn't Stop, this one is rooted in grief, figuring out who you are, and longing. Both circle the same ground: family wounds passed down, family duty, and caught between worlds. Same energy: dark comedy, melancholic, slow burn, and episodic.
What ties these together is grief, all-consuming love, and figuring out who you are. Both circle the same ground: men and women navigating expectations, family duty, and caught between worlds. Both move the same way too, melancholic, dark comedy, slow burn, and escalating.
What ties these together is figuring out who you are, longing, and all-consuming love. The world both films live in revolves around family duty and family wounds passed down. Same energy: warm, melancholic, episodic, and slow burn.
Both films sit with figuring out who you are, longing, and loss of innocence. The world both films live in revolves around men and women navigating expectations and family wounds passed down. Same energy: melancholic, haunting, and slow burn.
Like Cazuza: Time Doesn't Stop, this one is rooted in figuring out who you are, longing, and loss of innocence. The world both films live in revolves around family wounds passed down, men and women navigating expectations, and caught between worlds. Both move the same way too, melancholic, haunting, slow burn, and episodic.
