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2015. július 21., kedd

Eperfesztival...Strawberry Festival...(Festa do Morango)

Julius 2.-an kezdodott Sao Vicente-ben a Festa do Morango vagyis Eperfesztival, amikor is az eperszezon veget unneplik. A felallitott satrakban a standokon mindenfele eperbol keszult termekeket arulnak, vannak peldaul edessegek, likorok, forralt bor, pitek, habcsokok illetve az eper maga bedobozolva, egyet fizet kettot kap, akciosan.
Nahat en sem tagadtam meg onmagam, nehany epres suti utan valasztottam egy uveg hazi keszitesu arany tequilat is... Alig latok itt tequilat a boltokban, igy felcsillant a szemem a kirakott uveg lattan, kicsit borsos volt ugyan az ara, dehat nem egy este alatt fog elfogyni (remelem!, haha)

A fesztival kicsit hasonlit a mi szureti fesztivalunkra, a standokon nemcsak eteleket es italokat arulnak, hanem kezmuves dolgokat, ajandekokat, mas regiokbol valo elelmiszereket. Pasztel es yakisoba csirke az alap, ugy mint a tapiokabol keszult etelek es a hurkapalcara felszurt eprek. 

A standok mellett vidamparkot allitottak fel a gyerekeknek, oda Caio-t is elvittuk, es a harom legtobb energiat igenybevevo jatekra vettunk jegyet: az ugralovarba, a felfujhato csuzdara es a trambulinra. Mire ezeken kiszorakozta magat kelloen leizzadt es elfaradt, igy vita nelkul mehettunk haza. :-) 
Egyebkent hatalmas tomeg volt, az egesz varos idejott este szorakozni; valamelyik nap pont eszembe jutott, hogy milyen jo lenne elmenni valamikor egy zenei fesztivalra is, de most kicsit elbizonytalanodtam, hogy az ekkora tomeg tenyleg nekem valo-e meg...nem biztos.

A fesztival egy egesz honapon keresztul tart, igy mivel en imadom az epret, nagy a kisertes, hogy ellatogatunk meg oda egy parszor juliusban.

(a tomegre (es sajat magamra) valo tekintettel nem csinaltam kepeket, a mobilom elrejtve pihent hozzamszijjazva...isten hozott Braziliaban, hahaha)

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The annual Strawberry Festival (Festa do Morango) commenced on the 2nd of July in Sao Vicente to celebrate the end of the strawberry season.
In almost 20 tents products made with strawberry were exposed such as sweets, liqueurs, pies, shortcakes, mousse and popsicle, plus natural strawberries in boxes on sale (buy 1 get 2).
Not only hot meals and drinks are sold during the festival but gifts and folk-art goods as well as foods from other regions.  

Well, I didn`t deny myself and after consuming a fair amount of strawberry cake, I bought a bottle of home-made golden tequila...The fact is that tequila is not very popular here, at least I can barely see it in the supermarkets or shops so I got very excited when I saw that home-made one. I could taste it before the purchase and even that half centiliter was a hit, so I knew I had the right choice. :-)

We took Caio to the fun park nearby and bought tickets for the three most energy consuming toys: bouncy caste, high slide and trampoline. By that time he finished playing on these ones he got enough tired to accept our invitation to go home without any issue. :-)

By the way the crowd was just enormous; I really had festival feeling, including the deafening music; it was a bit similar to Winter Wonderland in the Hyde Park on a Sunday afternoon. 
The festival takes place for a whole month and as I love strawberries, we might visit there few more times strictly avoiding the evenings. 

(considering the crowd and my own safety, I didn't take any pictures; my mobile was hidden in my bag tied to my body...welcome to Brazil, LOL)





Update: tekintve, hogy most olcso az eper, es a teny, hogy meg nem talaltam itt olyan lekvart amitol a vercukorszintem nem fakad sirva, tegnap keszitettem egy adag eperlekvart probakent. Finom lett, igy hamarosan koveti majd a tobbi is :-)

Update: considering the falling price of the strawberry by the end of the season and the fact that I haven`t found not over sweetened jams in the supermarkets yet, yesterday I made a pot of strawberry jam as a trial. Today I tasted it and it is delicious so I am going to make more during the weekend yuppiiii :-)

Kommunikacios buborek...Communication bubble...

Ez a poszt inkabb amolyan terapias celt szolgal most, tudom, hogy idovel valtozni fog, de most ugy kiirnam magambol (es, hogy legyen egy-ket szemelyes-lelkizos poszt is...)

Annak ellenere, hogy eleg rendes gyakorlatom van mar abban. hogy beilleszkedjek egy masik orszag kulturajaba, megtanuljam a nyelvet, a szlengeket, es cakkumpakk mindent, ami ahhoz kell, hogy otthonosan erezzem magam, es annak ellenere, hogy tudom, ez neha egy marha lassu folyamat (hajjj, de nagyon lassu...), de folyamatos tanulassal es odafigyelessel egyre csak jobb lesz, azert alkalmankent csak beszippant egy erzelmi spiral (mit spiral, cunami inkabb) es felulirja az osszes logikusan felepitett racionalis gondolatot ami a fejecskemben mar jo ideje szepen el van raktarozva es rendszerezve van.

Mert mi is volt a tortenet mult vasarnap... Igazabol en sem tudom mi tortent, valszeg egy ilyen erzelmi cunami teritett be, es par napra elegge hipererzekennye valtoztatott, de mar mulik...

Hogy mirol is van szo: Eclezioval elegge hasonlo a csaladi hatterunk, neki ket testvere van, nekem egy, aki idosebb es van ket unokahugom. Eclezional ugyanigy, az idosebb testverenek van ket gyereke, igy tehat neki van egy unakahuga es egy unokaoccse. Ami meg kozos ebben a ket csaladban, hogy vegtelenul humorosak, az en tesomek is, es Eclezio tesoi is, nagyon jokat lehet veluk csevegni, rohogni, viccesek, meg minden.

Mult vasarnap atjottek hozzank vendegsegbe, es ebed utan a nappaliban ultunk, kaveztunk, beszelgettunk...es akkor egy olyan, de olyan eros honvagyam lett amit eleg nehez most igy leirni, csak atsuhant a gondolataim kozott, de azzal a lendulettel le is taglozott rendesen.

Miert is? Hat, persze, hogy a nyelv! Es a humor! Itt most nem arrol van szo, hogy ulok egy tarsasagban ahol egy kukkot sem ertek, nem. Igaz, a portugalom eleg kezdo szinten van meg, de sokat ertek, tobbet, mint amit el is tudok mondani, es ha kell, feltalalom es megertetem magam. De az igazi, szivbol jovo nevetestol, attol a humortol, ami majd az en szemelyisegemet adja, oly messze vagyok meg, akkor is, ha tudom, ez valtozni fog. Akkor, abban a pillanatban uuugy hianyzott az en tesom, az en sogorom es az en ket unokahugom a maguk beszolasaival, megjegyzeseikkel, karomkodasaikkal. 

Mert mi tortenik akkor, amikor valaki meg csak ismerkedik a nyelvvel:

1. sz. eset: Folyik a csevej, az emberek egymasnak adjak a szot (nahat, ez mar eleve az igen nagy kihivas kategoria - bekapcsolodni egy hadaros-egymas szavaba vagos-rohogos beszelgetesbe) egy adott temarol. Ha nem kapom el a kulcsszot, amirol a tema folyik, marpedig korlatozott szokinccsel ez az azert elofordul, akkor a maradek ido azzal megy el, hogy a kulcsszo hianya nelkul probalom kihamozni hogy mirol van szo. Nem mindig sikerul...ahogy elobb emlitettem, a szokincs hianya neha nem is teszi lehetove, hogy nagyon korul tudjon az ember irni dolgokat (most tekintsunk el attol, hogy Ecleziot magam melle allithatom tolmacsnak, de ebben az esetben nem akartam mindent lefordittatni...persze, inkabb csinalok hulyet magambol...)

2. sz. eset: Folyik a csevej, megvan a kulcs szo, hurra, mar fogalmazodik a fejben egy megjegyzes, de jo, en is hozzaszolok, meg is teszem, es akkor csond...mivel annyira raizgultam arra az egy szora, sajna a tema masfele ment el, es az en megjegyzesem finoman nem illik bele a parbeszedbe...ahhh, csak egy kicsit kinos. De sebaj, mosolygok, majd megy az, a gyerekek is evekig tanuljak a nyelvet...innentol kezdve mar csak a piros arcszint kene normalis szintre hozni...

3. sz. eset: Folyik a csevej, megvan a kulcsszo, megvan a mondat, beleillik a parbeszedbe is, lefuttatjuk magunkban: ige rendben, ragozas rendben, fonev, melleknev, hatarozok  is igazodnak, minden kafa es akkor kivagunk egy nyelvtanilag tokeletes mondatot, ami mondjuk nem is egy mondat, hanem ketto, esetleg egy rovid gondolatmenet, amire a reakcio a kovetkezo: Que? Vagyis: Mi? Ahhhh...dehat ugy ejtettem mindent ahogy kell! Es megint ott vagyunk, hianyos szokinccsel nem fog az ember korbeirni dolgokat, max elismetli szavankent, szotagolva akar, mutogat, csak azok a nagy bociszemek tunnenek mar el akik csak neznek rad, tulajdonkeppen mit is akarsz mondani.

Nos, azon a vasarnapon nekem sikerult a fenti harmat (tobbszor is) abszolvalnom, ezert kaphattam azt a jo kis erzelmi cunamit a nyakamba, estefele, a kanapen. Eltartott par napig mig visszarangattam magam a "Dehat Braziliaban vagyunk!! Sut a nap!! Jo ido van, veeegre!! Hahoooo!! happy feelingbe.

Volt egy hab a tortan is azert, beadva a vegso onbizalominjekciot: mar indultak a vendegek, es az ajtoban bucsuzkodtunk, amikor Simone (Eclezio sogornoje) bucsuzaskeppen megkoszonte a kavet es meghivast, hozzateve, hogy szep a lakas stb...mire en azt valaszoltam, hogy hamarosan talalkozunk.
Tudom, szazezer koszonomot kellett volna elotte mondanom, meg hogy az o kaveja is nagyon finom volt multkor es jojjenek maskor is, de addigra teljesen leamortizalodott az agyam az egesz napos koncentralastol, es hat ennyire futotta...
Kesobb Eclezio megjegyezte, hogy ez igy nem volt tul udvarias, es ugy hangzott, mintha ki akartam volna oket rugni. Kosz, ez jol esett. Mondtam neki, hogy a valasztekos beszed a harmadik ev tananyaga lesz, ne most baszkuraljon ezzel ha lehet. 

Szoval nem konnyu. Tudom persze, hogy ez majd megvaltozik. Es amugy nem is zavar, megszoktam, hogy ez ezzel jar. Tanulok, sokat nezek tevet, hangosan olvasok. Csak most valahogy nem voltam jo passzban par napig. 

A fonti szosszenetet most leirom angolul is. Nem leforditom, hanem leirom angolul ugy, ahogy azon a nyelven passzol. Es kozben azt kivanom, barcsak mar portugalul tudnam leirni ugy, ahogy azon a nyelven passzol...

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This post is written mainly for therapeutic purposes as I know well that my communication is going to improve with time. But for now, I just need to write, that`s all.

I have many years of experience of how to integrate into an another country`s culture, learn the language, be interested in history, people, gastronomy etc...I know that language-wise it`s a long process to learn to speak well, learn idioms, phrases and slang. You do a hard work to achieve all this for many years, hence you need lots of lots of patience mainly at the beginning. I know all this, my brain follows this process as this is the rational way.

And still. Sometimes all above just gets overwritten by an emotional tsunami wave and I have to explain to myself again and again that patience is a key. Until a certain amount of vocabulary is not built in the memory, communication is everything but not easy. Even if the grammar or the conjugation is crap...but with a nice vocabulary you can at least talk. Or say something.

What happened last Sunday...To be honest I even don't known what happened, an emotional wave of tsunami just came, overwhelmed me and I just found myself hypersensitive for a couple of days....but I am getting okay by now.

In order to understand the background: Eclezio`s and my family is pretty similar regarding sense of humor, we love each other and can chat for hours. He has two brothers, I have a sister who has two daughters so I have two nieces. Eclezio`s older brother has also two kids, so Eclezio has a niece and nephew from this brother`s side.

Last Sunday we invited them for lunch and afternoon coffee and while we were sitting in the living room I suddenly got this emotional wave and started to miss my family soooo much. 

Why was that? Because of the language! Because of the sense of humor I miss for so many years living abroad! Humor is not the same in a foreign language. You can learn it, like it, understand it but it`s never gonna be the same as your native language.  

Because what happens when you start learning a new language:

Case No. 1: People are chatting around you, loudly, quickly (it will be another challenge to make your own comments as well) and if you missed the key word of the subject the remaining time will be spent to figure out what the others are talking about. It`s pretty common at the beginning but still bad feeling. (of course, let`s not consider now that you could ask someone to translate, the point is to try to understand native speakers)

Case No. 2: People are chatting around you, loudly, quickly, you caught the key word, perfect, you are enough brave to make your comment and a more or less correct sentence has been already created inside, then you say it...But oh no, you were a bit slow and subject slightly changed so your comment doesn't really fit into the conversation, or people just don't get what you wanted to say...The usual reaction is silence and everybody is looking at you which I personally hate because I am a bit shy talker whats more, tend to blush right now. Embarrassing for sure. 

Case No. 3.: People are chatting around you, loudly, quickly, you caught the key word, perfect, you have opinion as well, so you can finally join the conversation, everything goes well then you make your comments, which is one or two sentences, or perhaps even a thread. People are looking at you and pay attention and when you finished they just ask: Que? (What?) Shit. Which part they didn't catch? It is probably my pronunciation (however it sounded well to me, LOL!) so I start repeating word by word hoping that it won`t take for long and make the others bored. 

Well, on the ominous Sunday I managed to present all of above more times maybe that`s why I got a bit emotional and frustrated by the evening. It`s a slow process I know. Usually I don't mind but sometimes emotions just come and overwrite rationality. 

The cherry on the top was when guests were about the leave and Simone (Eclezio`s sister-in-law) thanked for the invitation for the coffee and she complimented the flat etc...I was mentally pretty exhausted by that time due to the full day concentration and all I could say was: See you soon. Which might be okay in English but sounds a bit rude in Portuguese as Eclezio later commented on it. I know he wanted to help because it is another thing: when and what it is recommended to say not to sound impolite in another language. But I was just in a mood anymore and it took for some day to get over it. 

And how I wish now to be able to write all above in Portuguese as well...

2015. július 13., hétfő

Tomie Ohtake szoborpark es Urubuquecaba sziget...Tomie Ohtake Sculpture Park and Urubuquecaba Island...

Az utobbi hetek kicsit huvos es esos napjait tegnap hirtelen felvaltotta a meleg - az elorejelzes szerint 27-29 fok lesz a csucshomerseklet jo par napig. 
Ez azert is volt szerencses mert tegnap munkaszuneti nap volt, az 1932-es sao pauloi polgarhaborura emlekeztek ezen a napon.
Eclezio tehat nem dolgozott, igy lesetaltunk a tengerpartra, ahhoz a molohoz, ami az Urubuquecaba szigethez es a Tomie Ohtake szoborparkhoz esett kozel.

Urubuquecaba, vagyis a "keselyuk pihenohelye" elnevezest a tupi bennszulottektol kapta a sziget es valoban, folyamatosan fekete feju keselyuk nagy csoportjat lehet latni, ahogy koroznek a sziget folott. A sziget es a szarazfold kozott annyira sekely a viz, hogy akar gyalog is at lehet setalni a partrol, igaz, a sziget belsejebe altalaban nem megy senki (gondolom az ott elofordulo mindenfele eloleny miatt) csak a partjan latni nehany horgaszt. 
Aznap mi nem setaltunk at, de legkozelebb atmegyunk.
A molon talalhato Tomie Ohtake japan szarmazasu kepzomuvesz szobra, amelyrol a tenger feloli oldalon visszaverodik a hullamveres hangja, igy olyan, mintha hangszorobol hallana az ember a hullamok zajat.

Most kostoltam eloszor mateteat, nekem izlett, kicsit gyomberes ize van. A matetea (cha mate), vagy csak roviden mate, a mate fa megszaritott levelebol keszult fozet es nagyon nepszeru ital itt. Azt csak gondolom, hogy az eredeti fozetben nincs annyi cukor, mint amit ott a parton beletettek, mindenesetre nagyon finom volt, es nyaron jo sok jeggel biztosan jol oltja a szomjat is. Egyebkent van benne koffein is, es a C-vitamin tartalma is magas. 

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The last few weeks` rainy and cold weather suddenly was replaced by sunshine and warm so it was a good opportunity to walk to a pier which was close to Canal 1 and where the Tomie Ohtake Sculpture Park and Urubuquecaba island were found.

Urubuquecaba = Vultures` resting (or sleeping) place, it was named by the Tupi people during that time when they started to occupy the Atlantic Coast.
Indeed a large group of black vultures are constantly circling above the island, The island`s terrestrial in the water is so shallow that it`s easy to approach even on foot although the island`s interior is usually not the one to go (I guess because of living creatures that occur there), you can see anglers on the banks only. That day we just walked on the beach but next time we will try to reach the island.

This was the first time I had mate tea (cha mate) which I found delicious. It has a little ginger taste. It is prepared by steeping dried leaves of yerba mate in hot water. It is very popular drink here but I guess only in Brazil it is served with so much sugar (maybe not). It is a caffeine-rich tea and with ice it must be a very good thirst quencher in summer.


Tomie Ohtake szoborpark tengerparti setannyal, biciklisuttal es gordeszkapalyaval  / Tomie Ohtake Sculpture Park on the beach avenue with bike path and skateboard place










Urubuquecaba sziget / Urubuquecaba island


Cha mate / Mate tea



2015. július 5., vasárnap

Akikoval Sao Pauloban...Meeting with Akiko in Sao Paulo...

Akiko a kolleganom volt a Sony-nal, es a heten uzleti utra jott Sao Pauloba. Ez adta az alkalmat arra, hogy talalkozzunk es bar eredetileg az Ibirapuera parkba (Sao Paulo Central parkja) akartam ot elvinni, az idojaras vegul meggyozott minket, hogy a szallodajahoz kozelebb eso helyet valasszunk. 
Igy kotottunk ki a Liberdade negyedben, ami Sao Paulo japan negyede - Japanon kivul itt el a vilagon a legnagyobb japan kozosseg.
A Liberdade negyedben ezen a napon tartottak a Tanabata-t, mas neven Csillagunnepet, amely egy szovo leanyrol, Orihimerol szol, akirol ugy hittek, hogy az isteneknek keszit ruhat. A Csillagunnep Orihime es Hikobosi talalkozasat unnepli, akiket a legenda szerint a Tejut valaszt el egymastol es a szerelmesek csak egyetlen egyszer talalkozhatnak egy evben, megpedig a holdnaptar szerinti hetedik holdhonap hetedik napjan (julius 7-en). 
A Csillagunnep alkalmaval az emberek a kivansagaikat es romantikus vagyaikat hosszu, keskeny, szines csikokra irjak, melyeket bambusz agakra tuznek fel egyeb kicsi diszekkel egyutt.
Nagyon nagy tomeg volt a Liberdade negyedben mivel pont del korul ertunk oda, es a legtobb ember a keskeny utcakon felallitott bufeknel talponallozott. Emiatt csak tyuklepesben tudtunk haladni a tomeggel egyutt, de vegul csak kikotottunk egy rodizio (vagyis bufe) tipusu japan etteremben, ahol sok-sok azsiai finomsagot ettunk.
A Liberdade negyed utan kisetaltunk a Paulista Avenue-ra, ami Sao Paulo uzleti negyedenek a sugarutja, kabe mint Londonban a Bank station kornyeke. A huvos ellenere (16 fok volt) eleg sokan setaltak a sugaruton es sok fiatal gordeszkazott a biciklis uton.
Mielott visszaindultunk, egy kavezoban is kostoltunk finom amarettos kavet, Caio pedig churros-t uzsonnazott. 
Nagyon jol telt a nap, pedig az elejen azt hittem az idojaras hazavagja majd az egeszet, de szerencsenk volt es nem eredt el az eso. Meg vicceltem is Akiko-val, hogy kabe ugyanabban a pulcsiban latott utoljara Londonban, mint most, akkor ott, most itt volt 16 fok.

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Akiko was a colleague of mine at Sony and she came to a business trip to Sao Paulo this week. It gave me the opportunity to see her and although originally I wanted to take her to the Ibiapuera park (Central park of Sao Paulo) we changed our mind due to the pretty cold weather. Instead of going to the park, we visited Liberdade district (or so called Japantown) which was not far from Akiko's hotel. 
Liberdade gives home to the largest Japanese community outside of Japan in the world. In addition to Japanese, there are significant populations of Chinese and Koreans who also live in this district. It is served by the Sao Paulo Metro, so we took it and got off at Liberdade station.   
On that day Tanabata (or as also known: Star Festival) was celebrated. Tanabata celebrates the meeting of the deities Orihime and Hikoboshi. According to legend, the Milky Way separates these lovers and they are allowed to meet only once a year on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month of the lunisolar calendar. 
The most popular customs relating to the festival is to write wishes on strips of paper and hang them on bamboo. We saw such wishes written mainly in Portuguese however Aki saw some written in Japanese too. 
The streets of the Liberdade were tremendously busy due to the fact that it was lunchtime when we arrived there and most of the people were eating at one of the streetfood stands. Because of this we could walk very slowly but in the end we managed to find a table at a Rodizio type sushi restaurant where really delicious meals were served.
Following the festival we walked to the Paulista Avenue which is one of the most important avenue in Sao Paulo and where there are a large number of financial and cultural institutions.   
Despite of the cold weather lots of people were walking down the avenue and we saw loads of skateboarders sweeping the bike path. 
We stopped to have a coffee later and Caio had churros for afternoon snack. 
We had such a great day! I thought the weather would ruin our plan but fortunately it didn't start raining so we could spend our time walking the streets of Sao Paulo and chat a lot. :-)

Utban Sao Paulo fele / On the way to Sao Paulo



Csillagunnep a Liberdade negyedben / Star Festival in the district of Liberdade














Metron: elhizott emberek szamara fenntartott hely / On the tube: Preferred seat for obese people 


Paulista Avenue








2015. július 2., csütörtök

A honap zeneje es filmje...Music and movie of the month

Megint szamba muzsika, ezuttal Arlindo Cruz-tol:

Arlindo Cruz: Meu Lugar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uC_hQgkW0dg

Film

Lula, o filho do Brasil

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doOnpEUYZIg


A film Brazilia 35. elnokenek, Luiz Inacio Lula de Silva-nak (roviden Lulanak) a fiatalkorat, illetve politikai karrierjenek kezdetet dolgozza fel. Annak ellenere, hogy sok kritika fogadta az elkeszult filmet (a kimagasloan magas keszitesi koltseg, ami elerte a 17 millio realt, valasztasi kampanyfogas, a szemelyi kultusz erositese stb...) nekem tetszett a tortenet.  
Mint minden politikust, Lulat is lehet tamadni kevesbe jobb donteseiert, korrupcio vadjaval illetni vagy a bunozessel valo meg mindig nem eleg sikeres harcert biralni, de teny, hogy o volt Brazilia eddig egyik legnepszerubb elnoke es kormanyzasa hetedik evetol Brazilia gazdasaga vegre fellenduloben volt. 
Lula politikaja nemcsak az orszagon belul de nemzetkozi szinten is nepszeru volt, ot magat pedig karizmatikus egyenisege miatt kedveltek az emberek.
Szegeny gyokerei adtak azt a kepesseget, hogy szimpatizalni tudjon a legszegenyebb retegekkel, es az alapot arra, hogy szocialis programja legyen a fo vonala az altala alapitott Munkaspartnak.  
A film errol szol, hogy honnan is jott Lula, de ad a nagyon szomoru kepet arrol a Braziliarol is, ami pont Lula kesobbi programjanak a kozeppontjaba kerult: a munkanelkuliseg csokkentese, a jovedelmek novelese, es ezaltal a melyszegenyseg felszamolasa.

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Samba music from Arlindo Cruz:

Arlindo Cruz: Meu Lugar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uC_hQgkW0dg

Film

Lula, o filho do Brasil

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doOnpEUYZIg


Lula, son of Brazil is a biographical film based on the early life former Brazilian president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
Despite of loads of criticism upon its release (the budget was over 17mil reais, it was accused as election propaganda, or some observers in Brazil noted the film was a cult of personality) I personally liked the movie because it shows mainly the early life of Lula as well as the beginning of his political career also giving a very sad picture of the poverty of North of Brazil at that time.
Coming from humble roots has given Lula the ability to sympathize with the poorest of the poor giving him an edge over his opponents and keeping the support of the majority. Lula`s pragmatic approach to his presidency and the upward swing in the national economy have resulted in him being accepted more widely among the Brazilian people.
During his presidency unemployment has dropped and per capita earnings have increased substantially. 
Coming from the poorest part of Brazil and building up the Workers` party`s social projects, the movie shows the road of Lula which led him to be one of the most popular president of Brazil of all time.  

Arlindo Cruz


Lula, o filho do Brasil