The Way He Looks
Gabriel a fresh student joins the class and changes Leonardos perspective about life. The blind boy has the opportunity to explore the life of his own.
1995, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
24 May 1970, Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil
16 March 1949, São Paulo, Brazil
December 31, 2014
Daniel Ribeiro's slightly corny, proficiently visualized coming-of-age tale floats on the strains of B&S' music as he imagines a triangle between a blind boy, his best female friend and the new boy in school.December 19, 2014
Writer Daniel Ribeiro shows a talent in creating a believable YA story that is not conventional in style, content and tone and directs his young cast with a deft hand.December 03, 2014
A charming teen drama bursting with a warmth and compassion unexpected in the genre, and with a freshly sweet surprise of young love.February 05, 2015
There are a lot of 'coming of age' movies and a lot of romantic comedies, but very few good ones. This is one of those rare good ones. It isn't a great film, but it is certainly a good one.November 14, 2014
Brazilian gay coming-of-age tale, almost quaint in its old-fashioned sweetness and gentle dramatics.February 07, 2016
...the execution is heartfelt and the actors charming.November 13, 2014
A warm, smart and thoroughly delightful coming-of-age story.January 09, 2015
Brazilian writer-director Daniel Ribeiro displays an assured sense of tone in this debut feature, sustaining an air of fragile beauty but never once slipping into preciousness.January 04, 2015
Anyone with a disability or who has variously challenged people in their lives (which is pretty much all of us), will enjoy the feeling of hope that permeates director/writer Daniel Ribeiro's entry into the gay, coming-of-age genre.December 18, 2014
Ribeiro lacks a sense of dramatic construction, with the narrative stumbling about thoughtlessly, retracing the same ground over and over.November 07, 2014
"Admirable throughout is the balance that Ribeiro strikes between dewy eroticism and the contextualization of sexuality as just a single aspect of one's identity, albeit an essential one."April 14, 2017
The film offers something much deeper, and what is not said makes it refreshing, and beautiful.