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But modern critics have reversed this verdict. The “poor acting” is now viewed as brutalist authenticity. Braga—who quit acting immediately after this film—delivered a performance of autistic realism before the term was understood in mainstream cinema.

Brazil was emerging from military censorship. A Menina e o Cavalo slipped through the cracks — too strange for censors, too slow for commercial distributors. a menina e o cavalo 1983 exclusive