Sonhos Tropicais

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(2002) A film by André Sturm based on the romantic novel by Moacyr Scliar that follows the lives of two characters in the time of Rio de Janeiro's Revolta da Vacina. Stars Carolina Kasting and Bruno Giordano. This region-free DVD is formatted to be played in any country. Imported from Brazil.

Synopsis
At the beginning of the last century, Esther, a Jewish Polish youth, arrives in Rio de Janeiro to meet a fiancée and start a new life after crossing the world. What she finds, however, is something very different: the fiancée she thought was waiting for her does not exist. Everything is a trick, and she is obliged to work as a prostitute in a brothel. At the same time Rio de Janeiro is a city going through innumerable transformations. The new President of the Republic decided to modernize the city. As part of this plan, the young scientist Oswaldo Cruz is nominated to be chief of the department of Public Health. He initiates his sanitation campaigns, first against yellow fever, for which he creates brigades of mosquito killers. Years of dissatisfaction and a strong political opposition explodes, the the event that became known as the "Vaccine Revolt", with the population taking control of the streets and constructing barracades in the city. "Sonhos Tropicais" accompanies the lives of these two personalities, their dreams and deceptions, in this moment of great changes in the history of the country.

Specifications
Region — ALL
Director — André Sturm
Cast — Carolina Kasting, Bruno Giordano
Language — Portuguese
Subtitles — English, Portuguese, Spanish
Audio — Dolby Digital 2.0, Dolby Digital 5.1
Duration — 126 minutes
Features — Theatrical trailer, biographies, filmographies.

Chapters

1. Créditos Iniciais
2. Socialista
3. Desespero
4. A Peste
5. Problemas
6. Carta Branca
7. Nomeado
8. Oswald de Cuba
9. Questão Política
10. Mentiras
11. A Lei
12. Desordem
13. Escolhas
14. Punições
15. Créditos Finais

South American Way editorial
Of the countless revolts in Brazilian history, the Vaccine Revolt is the most bizarre. In 1904, an epidemic of smallpox was threatening Rio de Janeiro. Oswaldo Cruz (now a national hero) is the brilliant but naive scientist who develops a vaccine and — with only the public welfare in mind — persuades the government to make the shots mandatory. The people were unwilling, and in what became the largest public rebellion in Rio's history they took control of the streets for four days. Sonhos Tropicais (Tropical Dreams) enlightens us to how an act of good intentions could be the catalyst for such a tragedy. The character of Esther provides a view into the common population who already have plenty of reasons to be mad at the police and the government, and whose anger is focused against the vaccine mandate by men with hidden motives. A great movie. Highly recommended. — Rick & Laura