Double Dad

Vicenza is eighteen and grew up in a hippie community with her mother Yolanda. When her mother goes travelling she takes the opportunity to investigate something she has never known: who her father is. All she has are two names. She goes to Rio de Janeiro to find both men. Cris D'Amato directs. Maisa Silva plays Vicenza. It is a Brazilian Netflix production. Maisa Silva started on television as a child in Brazil and has a very large following on social media; the film was made directly for that audience and belongs to Netflix's Brazilian output for young viewers. The narrative runs as a road film: from the community to the city, from the city to a family house, and to an unexpected picture there. The tone is light and the conflicts resolve quickly. What is interesting is the background. Growing up in an alternative community in Brazil, unregistered parentage, and the distance between city and country are placed inside the story; the film does not deepen any of it but does bring it into the frame. After release it stayed on Netflix's Brazilian lists for a long time. Who it is for: viewers who follow light comedy aimed at a young audience and Brazilian popular cinema. Who it is not for: the story is entirely predictable, the humour is simple, and the characters are thin.