Basic Sanitation, the Movie
A group of small-town residents secures government funding to produce a short film about basic sanitation. Their collective enthusiasm immediately collides with a total lack of experience, creative disagreements, and absurd bureaucratic stipulations. This amateur film crew transforms a straightforward educational task into a chaotic carnival of ridiculous ideas, where everyone fancies themselves the director. What begins as a project on public hygiene inadvertently becomes a reflection of human ambition, vanity, and the comical pursuit of art under the most mundane circumstances imaginable.
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📋 Film Details
| Original Title | Saneamento Básico, O Filme |
| Year | 2007 |
| Country | Brazil |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Director | Jorge Furtado |
| Runtime | 112 min. |
| Rating | TMDB: 7.1/10 (142 votes) |
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🎬 MovieFinder's Take
The film masterfully frames the creative process as a delightful anarchy, where the true antagonist isn't a limited budget but limitless human vanity. Director Jorge Furtado observes with genuine affection as high art is born from an argument about sewer pipes.
What lingers after the credits is the warm, clever reminder that any collective endeavor, no matter how mundane, can unite the most disparate people in pursuit of a shared, however ridiculous, dream. — MovieFinder Editorial
Director: Jorge Furtado
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Sun-drenched bustle of a provincial town, creative chaos in a garage, and absurd sets built from household items.
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