A marriage dissolves while black beans simmer. Brazilian domestic chaos at its most deliciously uncomfortable.
On a Saturday, unhappy with her marriage, Carol gets ready to leave, her husband usually goes to a soccer match and bring his friends back home for lunch. The dish of the day is feijoada. This film is an adaptation of the short story "Feijoada Completa" by Luis Fernando Verissimo, in turn inspired by the homonymous Chico Buarque' song.
Acting
Thaís Tedesco's silent rage could boil beans.
Production
The feijoada looks better than most marriages.
Writing
Verissimo's economical cruelty, perfectly preserved.
Director
Angelo Defanti
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Feijoada isn't just lunch in Brazil—it's a weekly ritual of masculine social bonding that excludes wives, which Verissimo weaponizes brilliantly.
Chico Buarque's 1967 song 'Feijoada Completa' satirizes the same domestic trap; Defanti's adaptation makes the wife's perspective explicit for the first time.
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