Generosity is beauty, beauty is generosity.

Cabrito

Bertolucci's lush photography is mirrored by the velvety performances of the two co-stars.  There's nothing fancy here.  The lighting, camera angles, and other directorial touches support and do not supplant a simple story of two people whose generosity prompts them to take important actions independently. It is Thandie Newton's movie all the way (for that matter, so was "Flirting" almost ten years ago, and she is grown up now, yet with still that wistful, girlish smile).  But David Thewlis is quirky enouhg to be believable.  The fairy tale works.  Bravo, Bernardo!

score 9/10

Cabrito 11 June 2000

Reprint: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw0547972/