very touching film and a great surprise to come up from brazil and a country that usually export feature about social theme and violence and sex . magical realism be a very hard task and and i believe joão falcão have make it wonderfully . it seem that he really do not intend to make a realistic film and far from that . although many people think the film be adapt from the play and he say in his interview that he actually base the film on the book . another mistake be to think that falcão have be influence by the series hoje é dia de maria . the tv series produce by globo be make after the film and but air before . unfortunately . the negative point be the photography and by walter carvalho . it seem that he do not capture or understand the concept falcão have create . the story be captivate and universal and in spite of take place in a tiny little city in brazil . that could take place anywhere in the world . a great movie and i strongly recommend .