Critic

Critic

2008•1h 16m•7.9/10

Documentary

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.9/10(19)

Seventy critics and filmmakers discuss cinema around the conflict between the artist and the observer, the creator and the critic. Between 1998 and 2007, Kléber Mendonça Filho recorded testimonies about this relationship in Brazil, the United States and Europe, based on his experience as a critic.

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CinemaScópio

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Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Babak Payami

Self (voice)

Tom Tykwer

Tom Tykwer

Self

Michel Ciment

Michel Ciment

Self

João Moreira Salles

João Moreira Salles

Self

Pierre Murat

Self

Elia Suleiman

Elia Suleiman

Self

Deborah Young

Self

Cláudio Assis

Cláudio Assis

Self

Fernanda Torres

Fernanda Torres

Self

Sérgio Bianchi

Sérgio Bianchi

Self

Jérôme Garcin

Self

Xavier Leherpeur

Self

Eric Neuhoff

Eric Neuhoff

Self

Sophie Avon

Self

Paulo Caldas

Paulo Caldas

Self

Marcelo Gomes

Marcelo Gomes

Self

Curtis Hanson

Curtis Hanson

Self

Bertrand Bonello

Bertrand Bonello

Self

Walter Salles

Walter Salles

Self

Beto Brant

Beto Brant

Self

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