Tenório (Murilo Benício) emotional scene in “Pantanal” (Photo: reproduction)
One of the most beautiful scenes in “Pantanal” from the plot by Bruno Luperi was broadcast the day before yesterday: that of a viola circle bringing together some of the main characters of the soap opera. The fire was lit. Trindade (Gabriel Sater) said he was going to perform a new song. The text told the tragedy of a “boinha” and a “cat”. Some of those present explained the terms: “Boinha” is a child who works in the sugar cane fields or sees adults being trucked away. “Cat” is the guy who drives the truck and earns with the added value. As José Leôncio (Marcos Palmeira) defined it, he is “a kind of contractor”.
The song told the sadness of the boy who saw his parents return in a coffin. They had been the victim of a traffic accident, as is common among people living in these terrible conditions. The “damn cat escaped with his life”. But the boy kills him, said the line of the song.
The camera focused on Tenório, who remained silent. The audience immediately understood that this was also the story of the villainous farmer. It was a scene created for a great actor who could only speak with his eyes. Murilo Benício is that actor. Twitter responded immediately, and the public hailed the sequence in droves out of sheer emotion.
Before “Pantanal” we already had a lot of evidence that this is one of the greatest professionals of our television. See the Typhoon in Avenida Brasil or the Dodi in The Favourite. For those who still have doubts, I recommend watching the scene from the day before yesterday on Globoplay. The reader will not be disappointed.
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