Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles are getting the presidential seal of approval…
Former President Barack Obama’s list of his favorite television shows and movies of 2020 includes t52-year-old Brazilian filmmaker and the 40-year-old Brazilian filmmaker’s Bacurau.
Mendonça Filho and Dornelles’ western/thriller stars Sonia Braga, Udo Kier, Bárbara Colen, Thomas Aquino, Silvero Pereira and Karine Teles.
Here’s the film’s synopsis: After the death of her grandmother, Teresa (Colen) comes home to her matriarchal village in a near-future Brazil to find a succession of sinister events that mobilizes all of its residents.
Here are the complete lists:
MOVIES
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Beanpole
Bacurau
Nomadland
Soul
Lovers Rock
Collective
Mank
Martin Eden
Let Him Go
Time
Boys State
Selah And The Spades
Crip Camp
TV:
Better Call Saul
The Queen’s Gambit
I May Destroy You
The Boys
The Good Lord Bird
Devs
The Last Dance
Mrs. America
The Good Place
City So Real
Like everyone else, we were stuck inside a lot this year, and with streaming further blurring the lines between theatrical movies and television features, I’ve expanded the list to include visual storytelling that I’ve enjoyed this year, regardless of format. pic.twitter.com/a8BS8jDkSs
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) December 18, 2020