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Socrates
Directed by
Alexandre Moratto
Not Rated
2018
71m
Drama
7.1
89%
83%
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After his mother's sudden death, Socrates, a 15-year-old living on the margins of São Paulo's coast, must survive on his own while coming to terms with his grief.
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Cast of Socrates
Christian Malheiros
Sócrates
Tales Ordakji
Maicon
Caio Martinez Pacheco
Chicão
Rosane Paulo
Proprietária Lan House
Jayme Rodrigues
Robson
Vanessa Marques Santana
Assistente Social
Socrates Ratings & Reviews
RogerEbert.com
Godfrey Cheshire
A work whose accomplishments signal a director of great promise.
Orca Sound
Carey-Ann Pawsey
An intimate and compelling film. Despite the low budget it does what it has to to tell its tale. Really opens the viewers' hearts and minds to the precarious place of many youth around the world.
EricDSnider.com
Eric D. Snider
The story is slight, the themes overly familiar, but the film's deep compassion for its subjects redeems it.
Always Good Movies
Filipe Freitas
Although scripted with plenty of incident, Socrates presents a mediocre conclusion. However, that aspect doesn't undermine the severity and importance of the topics addressed.
Eye for Film
Amber Wilkinson
Not a huge amount may happen in terms of plot and Moratto keeps his storyline light on its feet, but the situation and emotions feel real and raw.
The Pink Lens
Ben Turner
The collision of beautiful aesthetics and ugly reality make for a fascinating dichotomy that sits at the heart of this film; behind Brazil's glossy veneer is, unfortunately, an ugly truth.
New York Times
Jeannette Catsoulis
This passionate first feature crams a lot of drama into its brief 71 minutes.
Los Angeles Times
Carlos Aguilar
[T]he blistering sincerity in "Socrates" is not fabricated but channeled from its authentic source. Sugarcoating was not allowed.
The Hollywood Reporter
Frank Scheck
Striking in its gritty, powerful authenticity.
Variety
Dennis Harvey
[Moratto] imbues this unhappy slice of slum life with an energy and compassion that transcends mere miserabilism.
National Review
Armond White
Trading on sentimentality, this type of storytelling coerces viewers by projecting social consciousness through juvenile media icons. Above all, the ploy is politically devious; the idea of innocence is manipulated as rhetoric.
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Mark Dujsik
It's authentic, for sure, but as a story about a character juggling grief and poverty and uncertainty, the movie feels as if it's just scratching the surface of its possibilities.
Film Threat
Alex Saveliev
With an authenticity rarely seen in contemporary cinema, it examines the lives of those that struggle to survive in ecosystems that function according to their own decrepit principles.
San Francisco Bay Times
Gary M. Kramer
The film boasts a striking authenticity, and Malheiros, in his film debut, is pitch-perfect, conveying Sócrates' hunger (for food, money and love), his self-reliance and his despair in ways that are both heartbreaking and inspiring.
HuffPost
Brandon Judell
This brave little film, a tale of an uncomprehending hero whose every step seemingly is a misstep, is not unlike the best offerings of Italian neorealism of the post-war years.
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