The Worst Film Ever

The movie is wonderful and true, an act of love in all its contradictions and complexity

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

At least two Portuguese movies made a furor at the time: the thrilling drama "O lugar do morto" (that caused controversy at the time) and the comedy "A crónica dos bons malandros" Based on the novel of the same name as the movie, "A crónica dos bons malandros" (subtitled as "Chornicle of the good rascals" or "Thick as thieves"), by the journalist Mário Zambujal, it's a defined story about a peaceful gang that will make their biggest robbery yet, commissioned by an Italian: stealing jewels at the Gulbenkian Museum, using bees... no guns, no shots, nothing dangerous...With the story beginning to fold on, we can see the reason why the 7 members of that gang (Marlene, Renato's fiancée (Lia Gama), Renato, the peaceful (João Perry), Adelaide, the Slim-Lide (Maria do Céu Guerra), Pedro, the rightful (Nicolau Breyner), Flávio, the doctor (Pedro Bandeira Freire), Arnaldo, the stunt (Paulo de Carvalho, on one of his very rare acting scenes, as he is a real singer) and Silvino, the steak brat (Nuno Duarte) had come together Problems will start to happen with the gang, but it's better to see it for yourselves, if you didn't read the novel or saw the film before All these seven actors were perfect for the roles in the movie, and have a highly impressive charisma to them. Also a great mention to Zita Duarte, on her role of Lina, the quick-stubborn woman that helped Adelaide in tough times, and to her full-mouthed words, another stir at the time, but funny at the same time This Portuguese movie is really a must see. It doesn't have the 40's/50's skeptic comedy movie's style, but it has a very modern style for the time beingHIGHLY RECOMMENDED

Cronica dos Bons Malandros (CBM) was the first novel from Portuguese journalist/writer Mario Zambujal. Few years after it was published, and due the success of the book, a movie was made. Not that usual in Portugal during the 80's. The movie tells the story of a gang leaded by "Renato, o pacífico" (Renato, the peaceful), and their attempt to steal precious jewels from Gulbenlian Museum, in Lisbon. The weapon of the crime? Bees! CBM was filmed in Lisbon and shows the "golden age" of Portuguese leftish movimakers, freed by the 1974 revolution, in action. Dark language, slang, powerful colors, car chases and lots of humor in this picture. It is now available in DVD, in Portugal. If you liked this one, try "Kilas, o mau da fita", another experiment from those years.