Search a film or person :
FacebookConnectionRegistration
Home > All films > Films Drama > The Way He Looks
The Way He Looks is a brésilien film of genre Drama directed by Daniel Ribeiro released in USA on 7 november 2014

The Way He Looks (2014)

Hoje eu quero voltar sozinho

The Way He Looks
If you like this film, let us know!
Released in USA 7 november 2014
Length 1h35
Directed by
OriginBresil
Genres Drama,    Romance
Rating78% 3.949363.949363.949363.949363.94936

The Way He Looks (Portuguese: Hoje Eu Quero Voltar Sozinho – literally, "Today I Want to Go Back Alone") is a 2014 Brazilian coming-of-age romantic drama film based on the 2010 short film I Don't Want to Go Back Alone (Eu Não Quero Voltar Sozinho). It was directed, written and co-produced by Daniel Ribeiro, and stars Ghilherme Lobo, Fabio Audi, and Tess Amorim, reprising their roles from the short.

The Way He Looks opened in the Panorama section of the 64th Berlin International Film Festival in February 2014. It was released to cinemas in Brazil on 10 April 2014. The film was met with positive reviews from critics and audiences; both groups praised Lobo, Audi, and Amorim's performances, Kerchove's cinematography, the soundtrack, and Ribeiro's direction. It ranked as the 5th most viewed film in the country on its first day of release.

The Way He Looks won two awards at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival; the FIPRESCI Prize for best feature film in the Panorama section and the Teddy Award for best LGBT-themed feature.

The film was selected as the Brazilian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.

Synopsis

The story centers on Leonardo (Ghilherme Lobo), a blind high school student struggling with independence. At the beginning of the film, he and his best friend, Giovana (Tess Amorim), are discussing how they have yet to kiss anyone. Leo is especially distressed because he wants his first kiss to be special, but doesn't believe anyone wants to kiss him. When the day ends, Giovana walks Leo home, his arm linked with hers, and she unlocks his door for him, something she regularly does for him despite her house being a block in the opposite direction. Leo arrives home and his mother expresses distress at Leo's sunburned skin and worry at the thought of leaving Leo home alone while she and his father are out. Leo insists he will be fine, and his mother agrees under certain terms. Leo and Giovana return to school after holiday and classmate Fabio (Pablo Carvalho) makes fun of Leo's loud typewriter. When their professor instructs Fabio to move to the empty seat behind Leo, Fabio outright declines, arguing he will constantly have to assist Leo if he sits there. A new student named Gabriel (Fabio Audi) arrives and takes the empty seat behind Leo.

Trailer of The Way He Looks

Bluray, DVD

Streaming / VOD

Source : Wikidata

Comments


Leave comment :

Suggestions of similar film to The Way He Looks

There are 2 films with the same director, 66823 with the same cinematographic genres (including 13120 with exactly the same 2 genres than The Way He Looks), 12051 films with the same themes (including 0 films with the same 10 themes than The Way He Looks), to have finally 70 suggestions of similar films.

If you liked The Way He Looks, you will probably like those similar films :
You, Me and Him
You, Me and Him (2008)
, 18minutes
Directed by Daniel Ribeiro
Origin Bresil
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Rating70% 3.536093.536093.536093.536093.53609
Danilo (Daniel Tavares) is about to move out of his parents' house to go live with his boyfriend, Marcos (Diego Torraca), when his parents die unexpectedly in an accident. His plans for the future change and he becomes responsible for his 10‑year-old brother, Lucas (Eduardo Melo).
I Don't Want to Go Back Alone
I Don't Want to Go Back Alone (2010)
, 17minutes
Directed by Daniel Ribeiro
Origin Bresil
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Rating81% 4.090544.090544.090544.090544.09054
Leonardo is a 15-year-old blind student with his one friend in class, Giovana, sitting next to him. Seated behind Leonardo is the new student Gabriel. After class Giovana invites Gabriel to walk home with herself and Leonardo; she customarily links arms with him for support even though his house is further from the school than hers. Later Giovana teases Leonardo about never confiding in her about romance and suggests he receive math tutoring from Gabriel. Over time the three grow closer, walking home and playing games together. Leonardo becomes more self-conscious about appearance, asking questions about what he and Gabriel look like. Gabriel volunteers to take over escorting Leonardo so Giovana doesn't have to backtrack, though she possessively says that's not necessary.
Totally Fucked Up
Totally Fucked Up (1994)
, 1h18
Directed by Gregg Araki
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Teen LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, HIV/AIDS in film, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors James Duval, Roko Belić, Craig Gilmore
Rating64% 3.200943.200943.200943.200943.20094
The plot is concerned with six teenagers, four of whom are gay men, the other two a "traditional" lesbian couple. The plot is spliced with segments of other material and occasional tangents not central to the plot, but it mainly follows a linear structure. Araki has constructed the film in 15 parts, which is described in the opening titles.
Moonlight
Moonlight (2016)
, 1h50
Directed by Barry Jenkins
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes L'adolescence, Films about education, Films about children, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films about sexuality, Théâtre, LGBT-related films, Films based on plays, Teen LGBT-related films, Films about school violence, LGBT-related films, Coming out, LGBT-related film
Actors Naomie Harris, André Holland, Mahershala Ali, Trevante Rhodes, André Holland, Janelle Monáe
Rating73% 3.699873.699873.699873.699873.69987
Pendant trois périodes cruciales de sa vie (9-10 ans, 16-17 ans et dix ans plus tard), Chiron, un Afro-Américain de Miami se bat contre son milieu (scolaire) et sa famille (mère droguée) pour vivre son homosexualité, essayant de s'affirmer tout en demeurant fidèle à lui-même.
Edge of Seventeen
Edge of Seventeen (1998)
, 1h43
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Films about sexuality, Bisexuality-related films, LGBT-related films, Teen LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Tina Holmes, Lea DeLaria, Jason Anthony Griffith, Twiggy
Rating67% 3.397033.397033.397033.397033.39703
Sandusky, Ohio, 1984: Eric Hunter is a Eurythmics-obsessed, musically driven teenager coming to terms with his sexual identity. When Eric and his best friend, Maggie, accept summer jobs in food service at the local amusement park, they befriend their lesbian manager, Angie, and a gay college student named Rod. Sparks fly between the two boys, even as Maggie waits patiently in the wings for Eric's affections. Eric and Rod eventually go on a date, but then Rod promptly heads back to Ohio State. The encounter leaves Eric to have mixed feelings, but he is now more sure of his sexuality. After beginning his senior year of high school, Eric starts to change up his appearance by letting Maggie dye the top half of his hair blonde, and wearing more effeminate clothes. This raises eyebrows with his loving parents, but Eric learns that his mom is going to get a part time job at a local movie multiplex to help send him to study music in New York. While at a party with Maggie, several guys from their school call Eric gay slurs that cause him to leave.
Come Undone
Come Undone (2000)
, 1h35
Directed by Sébastien Lifshitz
Origin France
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Teen LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Jérémie Elkaïm, Stéphane Rideau, Marie Matheron, Dominique Reymond, Éric Savin, Valérie Donzelli
Rating66% 3.3478353.3478353.3478353.3478353.347835
Upper-middle class Mathieu, is spending his summer vacation on the French coast before beginning studies in the autumn to become an architect. His mother is deeply depressed because of the death of his baby brother from cancer, and is cared for by her sister, while Mathieu and his moody younger sister cannot get along.
Ernesto
Ernesto (1979)
, 1h38
Directed by Salvatore Samperi
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Teen LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Michele Placido, Virna Lisi, Concha Velasco, Turi Ferro, Renato Salvatori, Stefano Madia
Rating68% 3.4305453.4305453.4305453.4305453.430545
Ernesto (Martin Halm), a 17-year-old Jew of the 1911 Italy, abandons his family, going to live with his uncles of Trieste. Then, they arrange so Ernesto begins to work with them and so he meets a stableboy (Michele Placido) who infatuates him so both end up in an intense sexual relationship. This ends as, by chance, Ernesto has a sexual intercourse with a prostitute. Ernesto renounces then, to take lessons of violin instead. There, he meets the 15-year-old Emilio, by whom Ernesto gets acquainted with his twin sister Rachel (Lara Wendel). Ernesto and Rachel are married.