A Guerra dos Rocha (2008)
Clumsy old lady Dina Rocha lives with her son Marcelo. After a series of incidents at home, she moves to her house in Santa Teresa. She meets her friend Nonô and she pays a visit to her old friend. Her sons do not know where she is and they go to the hospitals and morgues. Coincidently there is the body of an old lady smashed by a truck and they believe that she is their mother. Meanwhile two smalltime thieves break in Nonô's house and keep the two old ladies locked in the bathroom. During the funeral of Dina Rocha, the dysfunctional families have a quarrel disputing their heritage.
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The Worst Film Ever
A Major Disappointment
While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.
The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful
The clumsy old lady Dina Rocha (Ary Fontoura) lives with her son Marcelo (Lúcio Mauro Filho) that is an aspirant musician supported by his wife Carol (Taís Araújo). After a series of incidents at home caused by Dina, she moves to her house in Santa Teresa, where her son Cesar (Marcello Antony) lives with his wife Júlia (Giulia Gam) and their teenage daughter. Cesar is a hypochondriac lawyer that has love affairs and Júlia hates Dina and asks her to leave the house. Dina moves to the house of her son Marcos Vinícius (Diogo Vilela), who is a senator responding an inquiry and is promoting a party at home with his wife Paola (Ludmila Dayer) to their friends. Marcos asks his bodyguard Marcondes (Ailton Graça) to take her mother to Cesar's house. However, she meets her friend Nonô (Nicete Bruno) and she pays a visit to her old friend. Her sons do not know where she is and they go to the hospitals and morgues. Coincidently there is the body of an old lady smashed by a truck and they believe that she is their mother. Meanwhile two smalltime thieves break in Nonô's house and keep the two old ladies locked in the bathroom. During the funeral of Dina Rocha, the dysfunctional families have a quarrel disputing their heritage. "A Guerra dos Rocha" (meaning "The Rocha's War") is a funny comedy entwined with a dramatic situation that gives an important message about the destiny of the elders that are rejected by their families. Ary Fontoura steals the film in the role of Dina, a clumsy old woman that is rejected by her sons and their dysfunctional families. My vote is seven.Title (Brazil): "A Guerra dos Rocha" ("The Rocha's War")