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{{short description|2022 film by Julia Murat}}
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{{Infobox film
{{Infobox film
| name = Rule 34
| name = Rule 34
| image = Rule 34 film poster.jpg
| image = Rule 34 film poster.jpg
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| caption = Official poster
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| native_name = {{Infobox name module|pt|Regra 34}}
| director = Julia Murat
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| producer = {{Plainlist|
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* Tatiana Leite
* Julia Murat
* Julia Murat
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* Tatiana Leite
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| starring = {{Plainlist|
| starring = {{Plainlist|
* [[Sol Miranda]]
* Sol Miranda
* Lucas Andrade
* Lucas Andrade
* Lorena Comparato
* Lorena Comparato
* Isabela Mariotto
* Isabela Mariotto
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| cinematography = Leo Bittencourt
| cinematography = Léo Bittencourt
| editing = {{Plainlist|
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* Beatriz Pomar
* Beatriz Pomar
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* Esquina Filmes
* Bubbles Project
* Bubbles Project
* Still Moving
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| distributor = Imovision
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* Wayna Pitch (France)
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'''''Rule 34''''' ({{lang-pt|'''Regra 34'''}}) is a 2022 [[drama film]] directed by Julia Murat and starring Sol Miranda. The title of the film is based on the Internet phenomenon [[Rule 34]]. Structured as a series of short episodes, it follows a young law student who develops a passion for defending women in abuse cases. At the same time, her own sexual interests lead her into a world dominated by violence and eroticism.<ref name="rev:sd">{{Cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/rule-34-locarno-review/5173403.article |title='Rule 34': Locarno Review|first= Neil |last= Young |website= [[Screen Daily]] |date= 14 August 2022 |access-date= 17 August 2022}}</ref>
'''''Rule 34''''' ({{lang-pt|Regra 34}}) is a 2022 [[Drama (film and television)|drama]] film co-written and directed by Julia Murat and starring Sol Miranda. The film is named after the Internet phenomenon [[Rule 34]]. It follows a young law student who develops a passion for defending women in abuse cases. At the same time, her own sexual interests lead her into a world dominated by violence and eroticism.<ref name="rev:sd">{{Cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/rule-34-locarno-review/5173403.article |title='Rule 34': Locarno Review|first= Neil |last= Young |website= [[Screen Daily]] |date= 14 August 2022 |access-date= 17 August 2022}}</ref>


A co-production between Brazil and France, the film premiered at the [[75th Locarno Film Festival]] on 10 August 2022, where it won the [[Golden Leopard]] for Best Film. It was released theatrically in Brazil on 19 January 2023 by Imovision and in France on 7 June 2023 by Wayna Pitch.
The co-production between Brazil and France, distributed by Imovision,<ref name="dis:imo">{{Cite web|url=https://imovision.com.br/regra-34 |title=Regra 34; Júlia Murat |trans-title= Rule 34; Julia Murat |website= Imovision |access-date= 17 August 2022 |language=pt-BR}}</ref> premiered at the [[75th Locarno Film Festival]] on 10 August 2022,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.locarnofestival.ch/LFF/locarno75/program-75/film.html?fid=1288807&l=en&eid=75 |title=Concorso internazionale: Regra 34 (Rule 34)|publisher=Locarno Festival |access-date=17 August 2022}}</ref> where it won the [[Golden Leopard]] for Best Film.<ref name="awards:sd">{{Cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/brazils-rule-34-wins-top-prize-at-locarno-film-festival/5173402.article |title=Brazil's 'Rule 34' wins top prize at Locarno Film Festival|first= Martin |last= Blaney |website= Screen Daily |date= 13 August 2022 |access-date= 17 August 2022}}</ref>


==Cast==
==Cast==
* Sol Miranda as Simone<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://siterg.uol.com.br/cultura/2023/01/19/sol-miranda-e-protagonista-de-regra-34-filme-que-explora-liberdade-e-desejo/ |title= Sol Miranda é protagonista de "Regra 34", filme que explora liberdade e desejo | first=Ligia | last=Kas | date=19 January 2023|website=[[Universo Online]] |access-date=2023-03-23 | language=pt-BR}}</ref>
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* [[Sol Miranda]] as Simona
* Lucas Andrade as Coyote
* Lucas Andrade as Coyote
* Lorena Comparato as Lucia
* Lorena Comparato as Lucia
* Isabela Mariotto as Nat
* Isabela Mariotto as Nat
* [[Babu Santana]] as André
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* [[MC Carol]] as Nill


==Production==
==Production==
===Development===
===Development===
''Rule 34'' is the third feature film by Brazilian director and screenwriter Julia Murat. The film's title refers to the so-called [[Rule 34]], an Internet maxim which asserts that Internet pornography exists concerning every conceivable topic.<ref name="rev:sen">{{Cite web|url=https://sennhausersfilmblog.ch/2022/08/13/regra-34-von-julia-murat/#more-22724|title=REGRA 34 von Júlia Murat|trans-title=REGRA 34 by Julia Murat|first= Michael |last= Sennhauser |website= Sennhauser's Film Blog |date= 13 August 2022 |access-date= 17 August 2022 |language=de}}</ref> The project was part of the 2019 Berlinale Co-Production Market.<ref name="awards:sd" /> Murat wrote the screenplay together with Gabriela Capello, Rafael Lessa and Roberto Winter.<ref name="rev:sd" />
''Rule 34'' is the third feature film by Brazilian director and screenwriter Julia Murat. The film's title refers to the so-called [[Rule 34]], an Internet maxim which asserts that Internet pornography exists concerning every conceivable topic.<ref name="rev:sen">{{Cite web|url=https://sennhausersfilmblog.ch/2022/08/13/regra-34-von-julia-murat/#more-22724|title=Regra 34 von Júlia Murat|trans-title=Rule 34 by Julia Murat|first= Michael |last= Sennhauser |website= Sennhauser's Film Blog |date= 13 August 2022 |access-date= 17 August 2022 |language=de}}</ref> The project was part of the 2019 Berlinale Co-Production Market.<ref name="awards:sd">{{Cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/brazils-rule-34-wins-top-prize-at-locarno-film-festival/5173402.article |title=Brazil's 'Rule 34' wins top prize at Locarno Film Festival|first= Martin |last= Blaney |website= Screen Daily |date= 13 August 2022 |access-date= 17 August 2022}}</ref> Murat wrote the screenplay along with Gabriela Capello, Rafael Lessa and Roberto Winter.<ref name="rev:sd"/>


===Filming===
===Filming===
Filming took place in 2020. Having lacked the money to complete the film, Murat received a {{char|€}}35,000 grant in July 2021 as part of the Gothenburg Film Festival.<ref name="awards:sd" /> The money came from the festival's Audiovisual Fund, set up at the initiative of the Swedish government to protect democracy around the world.<ref name="rev:sd" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2022/film/festivals/locarno-rule-34-trailer-julia-murat-1235330527/|title=Brazil's 'Rule 34' Drops Trailer Before Locarno Main International Competition Bow (EXCLUSIVE) |last= Marie de la Fuente |first=Anna|date=1 August 2022|access-date=17 August 2022|website=Variety}}</ref>
Filming took place in 2019. However, the pandemic caused a 10-month delay in post-production. Lacking the funds to complete the film (due to the cessation of cultural funding under former President Bolsonaro), Murat received a grant in July 2021 as part of the Gothenburg Film Festival.<ref name="awards:sd"/> Funding was provided by the festival's Audiovisual Fund, set up at the initiative of the Swedish government to protect democracy around the world. The fillm was also funded by FSA and Visions Sud Est.<ref name="rev:sd" /><ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2022/film/festivals/locarno-rule-34-trailer-julia-murat-1235330527/|title=Brazil's 'Rule 34' Drops Trailer Before Locarno Main International Competition Bow (EXCLUSIVE) |last= Marie de la Fuente |first=Anna|date=1 August 2022|access-date=17 August 2022|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref>


==Release==
==Release==
The film premiered at the [[75th Locarno Film Festival]] on 10 August 2022, where it won the [[Golden Leopard]] for Best Film.<ref name="awards:sd" /> It also made it to 'World Cinema' section of [[27th Busan International Film Festival]] and was screened on 8 October 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.biff.kr/eng/html/program/prog_view.asp?idx=61182&c_idx=373&sp_idx=&QueryStep=2 |title= Rule 34 |website=Busan International Film Festival |date=September 7, 2022|access-date=September 16, 2022|language=en}}</ref>
''Rule 34'' premiered at the [[75th Locarno Film Festival]] on 10 August 2022,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.locarnofestival.ch/LFF/locarno75/program-75/film.html?fid=1288807&l=en&eid=75 |title=Concorso internazionale: Regra 34 (Rule 34)|publisher=[[Locarno Festival]] |access-date=17 August 2022}}</ref> where it won the [[Golden Leopard]] for Best Film.<ref name="awards:sd" /> It was also screened in the World Cinema section of the [[27th Busan International Film Festival]] on 8 October 2022 and at the [[28th Kolkata International Film Festival]] on 22 December 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.biff.kr/eng/html/program/prog_view.asp?idx=61182&c_idx=373&sp_idx=&QueryStep=2 |title= Rule 34 |publisher=[[Busan International Film Festival]] |date=September 7, 2022|access-date=September 16, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kiff.in/movie-schedule/category |title= Cinema International: Rule 34 |publisher=Kolkata International Film Festival|date=December 15, 2022|access-date=December 16, 2022}}</ref> It has been screened at over 50 festivals worldwide, earning more than 10 awards. The film was released theatrically in Brazil on 19 January 2023 by Imovision and in France on 7 June 2023 by Wayna Pitch and in Germany by Busch Media.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://imovision.com.br/regra-34 |title=Regra 34; Júlia Murat |trans-title= Rule 34; Julia Murat |publisher= Imovision |access-date= 17 August 2022 |language=pt-BR}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.boxofficepro.fr/wayna-pitch-date-le-leopard-dor-2022/ |title=Wayna Pitch date le Léopard d'or 2022 |magazine=[[Boxoffice Pro]] |language=fr |date=8 November 2022 |access-date=24 December 2022}}</ref>


==Reception==
==Reception==
===Critical response===
Independent Swiss journalist Michael Sennhauser saw a playful, cleverly argued film "with a clear provocative twist". As with the competition entry ''Tengo sueños eléctricos'', which received three awards in Locarno, it “clearly plays a role” that there is a female director behind the work. "Precisely because it [the film] moves in this area where personal freedom only works as long as they mutually agree that encroachment is negotiable," stated Sennhauser.<ref name="rev:sen" /> Neil Young writing in ''[[Screen Daily]]'' also saw a "surprise winner". It is "a fascinating and ambitious third feature film" and "a sensual, intimate character study" by Murat. Newcomer [[Sol Miranda]] put on a "strong central performance" by a "multifaceted black woman [...] in bustling Rio de Janeiro." With her play, she penetrates the didactic tendencies of the screenplay and the theoretical treatises disguised as dialogue. Young, however, criticized the "stylistically conventional" images by cameraman Leo Bittencourt in comparison to the red-hot topics dealt with, which are kept "pervasively flat in TV style" and would therefore hardly lose their impact on the small screen. The climax of the film is the final 75-second shot of Simona's real-life meeting with her online follower. Lead actress Miranda shows a "convincing range of emotions" and the close-up is reminiscent of [[Greta Garbo]] in ''[[Queen Christina (film)|Queen Christine]]'' (1933), [[Bob Hoskins]] in ''[[The Long Good Friday]]'' (1980) and [[Mia Farrow]] in ''[[The Purple Rose of Cairo]]'' (1985).<ref name="rev:sd" />
Independent Swiss journalist Michael Sennhauser described ''Rule 34'' as "a playful, cleverly argued film with a clear provocative twist" and commented that, as with the competition entry ''Tengo sueños eléctricos'', which received three awards in Locarno, the film "clearly plays a role" that there is a female director behind the work. "Precisely because it [the film] moves in this area where personal freedom only works as long as they mutually agree that encroachment is negotiable", stated Sennhauser.<ref name="rev:sen" /> Neil Young of ''[[Screen Daily]]'' dubbed it a "surprise winner". It is "a fascinating and ambitious third feature film" and "a sensual, intimate character study" by Murat. Newcomer Sol Miranda put on a "strong central performance" by a "multifaceted black woman [...] in bustling Rio de Janeiro." With her play, she penetrates the didactic tendencies of the screenplay and the theoretical treatises disguised as dialogue. Young, however, criticized the "stylistically conventional" images by cinematographer Leo Bittencourt in comparison to the red-hot topics dealt with, which are kept "pervasively flat in TV style" and would therefore hardly lose their impact on the small screen. The climax of the film is the final 75-second shot of Simone's real-life meeting with her online follower. Lead actress Miranda shows a "convincing range of emotions" and the close-up is reminiscent of [[Greta Garbo]] in ''[[Queen Christina (film)|Queen Christine]]'' (1933), [[Bob Hoskins]] in ''[[The Long Good Friday]]'' (1980) and [[Mia Farrow]] in ''[[The Purple Rose of Cairo]]'' (1985).<ref name="rev:sd" /> The French newspaper Le Monde called the film "a complex, powerful and sensual portrait of a woman, the like of which has rarely been seen in cinema".<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-06-05 |title=Julia Murat : " "Règle 34" est une œuvre au croisement du sexe et de la politique " |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2023/06/05/julia-murat-regle-34-est-une-uvre-au-croisement-du-sexe-et-de-la-politique_6176280_3246.html |access-date=2024-06-07 |work=Le Monde.fr |language=fr}}</ref>


==Accolades==
===Accolades===
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| 2022
| rowspan="8" | 2022
| [[75th Locarno Film Festival]]
| [[75th Locarno Film Festival]]
| [[Golden Leopard]]
| [[Golden Leopard]]
| ''Rule 34''
| ''Rule 34''
| {{Won}}
| {{Won}}
| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2022/film/festivals/provocative-brazilian-film-rule-34-wins-the-top-prize-at-locarno-film-festival-1235340748/|title=Provocative Brazilian Film 'Rule 34' Wins the Top Prize at Locarno Film Festival |last=Lodge |first=Guy|date=13 August 2022|access-date=17 August 2022|work=Variety}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/08/locarno-film-festival-winners-1235091631/|title=Locarno Film Festival Winners: 'Rule 34' Takes Golden Leopard|last=Ntim |first=Zac|date=13 August 2022|access-date=17 August 2022|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref>
| <ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2022/film/festivals/provocative-brazilian-film-rule-34-wins-the-top-prize-at-locarno-film-festival-1235340748/|title=Provocative Brazilian Film 'Rule 34' Wins the Top Prize at Locarno Film Festival |last=Lodge |first=Guy|date=13 August 2022|access-date=17 August 2022|magazine=Variety}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/08/locarno-film-festival-winners-1235091631/|title=Locarno Film Festival Winners: 'Rule 34' Takes Golden Leopard|last=Ntim |first=Zac|date=13 August 2022|access-date=17 August 2022|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref>
|-
|-
| 24th [[Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival|Festival do Rio]]
| Best Director
| Julia Murat
| {{Won}}
| <ref>{{cite web |title=And the Prize Winners at Festival do Rio in 2022 are… |url=https://www.festivaldorio.com.br/en/news/and-the-prize-winners-at-festival-do-brasil-in-2022-are |publisher=[[Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival|Festival do Rio]] |date=16 October 2022 |access-date=23 November 2022}}</ref>
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|-
|Huelva Ibero-American Film Festival
|Best Actress
|Sol Miranda
|{{Won}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=48ª edición / 2022 {{!}} Festival de Huelva |url=https://festicinehuelva.com/ediciones-anteriores/48a-edicion-2022 |access-date=2024-04-24 |language=es}}</ref>
|-
|Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano de Habana
|Jury Special Prize
| rowspan="3" |''Rule 34''
|{{Won}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-13 |title=Longa-metragem 'Regra 34' recebe o Prêmio Especial do Júri no Festival de Havana |url=https://br.trace.tv/cultura/longa-metragem-regra-34-recebe-o-premio-especial-do-juri-no-festival-de-havana/ |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=Trace.tv Brasil |language=pt-BR}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" |Panorama Coisa de Cinema
|Special Mention
|{{Won}}
| rowspan="2" |<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cinema |first=Coisa de |date=2022-11-11 |title=XVIII Panorama Coisa de Cinema anuncia vencedores; confira a lista |url=https://panorama.coisadecinema.com.br/xviii-panorama-coisa-de-cinema-anuncia-vencedores-confira-a-lista/ |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=XIX Panorama Internacional Coisa de Cinema |language=pt-BR}}</ref>
|-
|APC Jury Special Prize
|{{Won}}
|-
|Festival des Trois Continents
|Special mention to the actress
| rowspan="3" |Sol Miranda
|{{Won}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Festival des 3 Continents - 44e édition |url=https://www.3continents.com/en/programme/2022/ |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=Festival des 3 Continents}}</ref>
|-
|MixBrasil Festival
|Best actress
|{{Won}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Premiados 2022 {{!}} 30º Festival MixBrasil {{!}} 2022 |url=https://old.mixbrasil.org.br/30/premiados-2022/ |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=old.mixbrasil.org.br}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="4" |2023
| rowspan="2" |Zinegoak - Bilbao's International GayLesboTrans Film and Performing Arts Festival
|Best actress
|{{Won}}
| rowspan="2" |<ref>{{Cite web |title=zinegoak {{!}} historico |url=https://zinegoak.com/en/historico/ |access-date=2024-04-24 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|Best Feature Film
| rowspan="3" |''Rule 34''
|{{Won}}
|-
|Mezipatra Queer Film Festival
|Main Jury Special Mention
|{{Won}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mezipatra announced the winners of the 24th edition. The South Korean transgender film captured the jury's attention |url=https://www.mezipatra.cz/en/press/press-releases/1581-mezipatra-announced-the-winners-of-the-24th-edition-the-south-korean-transgender-film-captured-the-jury-s-attention.html |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=Mezipatra Queer Film Festival |language=en-gb}}</ref>
|-
|Queer Lisboa
|Best Feature Film
|{{Won}}
|<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Palmarés Queer Lisboa 27 - Notícias - Festival QUEER |url=https://queerlisboa.pt/pt/noticias/palmares-queer-lisboa-27 |access-date=2024-05-14 |website=queerlisboa.pt |language=pt}}</ref>
|}
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==External links==
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Revision as of 18:23, 12 June 2024

Rule 34
Theatrical release poster
PortugueseRegra 34
Directed byJulia Murat
Written by
  • Gabriela Capello
  • Julia Murat
  • Rafael Lessa
  • Roberto Winter
Produced by
  • Julia Murat
  • Tatiana Leite
Starring
  • Sol Miranda
  • Lucas Andrade
  • Lorena Comparato
  • Isabela Mariotto
CinematographyLéo Bittencourt
Edited by
  • Beatriz Pomar
  • Julia Murat
  • Mair Tavares
Music by
  • Lucas Marcier
  • Maria Berlado
Production
companies
  • Esquina Filmes
  • Bubbles Project
  • Still Moving
Distributed by
  • Imovision (Brazil)
  • Wayna Pitch (France)
Release dates
  • 10 August 2022 (2022-08-10) (Locarno)
  • 19 January 2023 (2023-01-19) (Brazil)
  • 7 June 2023 (2023-06-07) (France)
Running time
100 minutes
Countries
  • Brasilien
  • Frankreich
SprachePortuguese

Rule 34 (Portuguese: Regra 34) is a 2022 drama film co-written and directed by Julia Murat and starring Sol Miranda. The film is named after the Internet phenomenon Rule 34. It follows a young law student who develops a passion for defending women in abuse cases. At the same time, her own sexual interests lead her into a world dominated by violence and eroticism.[1]

A co-production between Brazil and France, the film premiered at the 75th Locarno Film Festival on 10 August 2022, where it won the Golden Leopard for Best Film. It was released theatrically in Brazil on 19 January 2023 by Imovision and in France on 7 June 2023 by Wayna Pitch.

Cast

  • Sol Miranda as Simone[2]
  • Lucas Andrade as Coyote
  • Lorena Comparato as Lucia
  • Isabela Mariotto as Nat
  • Babu Santana as André
  • MC Carol as Nill

Production

Development

Rule 34 is the third feature film by Brazilian director and screenwriter Julia Murat. The film's title refers to the so-called Rule 34, an Internet maxim which asserts that Internet pornography exists concerning every conceivable topic.[3] The project was part of the 2019 Berlinale Co-Production Market.[4] Murat wrote the screenplay along with Gabriela Capello, Rafael Lessa and Roberto Winter.[1]

Filming

Filming took place in 2019. However, the pandemic caused a 10-month delay in post-production. Lacking the funds to complete the film (due to the cessation of cultural funding under former President Bolsonaro), Murat received a grant in July 2021 as part of the Gothenburg Film Festival.[4] Funding was provided by the festival's Audiovisual Fund, set up at the initiative of the Swedish government to protect democracy around the world. The fillm was also funded by FSA and Visions Sud Est.[1][5]

Release

Rule 34 premiered at the 75th Locarno Film Festival on 10 August 2022,[6] where it won the Golden Leopard for Best Film.[4] It was also screened in the World Cinema section of the 27th Busan International Film Festival on 8 October 2022 and at the 28th Kolkata International Film Festival on 22 December 2022.[7][8] It has been screened at over 50 festivals worldwide, earning more than 10 awards. The film was released theatrically in Brazil on 19 January 2023 by Imovision and in France on 7 June 2023 by Wayna Pitch and in Germany by Busch Media.[9][10]

Reception

Critical response

Independent Swiss journalist Michael Sennhauser described Rule 34 as "a playful, cleverly argued film with a clear provocative twist" and commented that, as with the competition entry Tengo sueños eléctricos, which received three awards in Locarno, the film "clearly plays a role" that there is a female director behind the work. "Precisely because it [the film] moves in this area where personal freedom only works as long as they mutually agree that encroachment is negotiable", stated Sennhauser.[3] Neil Young of Screen Daily dubbed it a "surprise winner". It is "a fascinating and ambitious third feature film" and "a sensual, intimate character study" by Murat. Newcomer Sol Miranda put on a "strong central performance" by a "multifaceted black woman [...] in bustling Rio de Janeiro." With her play, she penetrates the didactic tendencies of the screenplay and the theoretical treatises disguised as dialogue. Young, however, criticized the "stylistically conventional" images by cinematographer Leo Bittencourt in comparison to the red-hot topics dealt with, which are kept "pervasively flat in TV style" and would therefore hardly lose their impact on the small screen. The climax of the film is the final 75-second shot of Simone's real-life meeting with her online follower. Lead actress Miranda shows a "convincing range of emotions" and the close-up is reminiscent of Greta Garbo in Queen Christine (1933), Bob Hoskins in The Long Good Friday (1980) and Mia Farrow in The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985).[1] The French newspaper Le Monde called the film "a complex, powerful and sensual portrait of a woman, the like of which has rarely been seen in cinema".[11]

Accolades

Year Award Kategorie Recipient(s) Result Ref(s)
2022 75th Locarno Film Festival Golden Leopard Rule 34 Won [12][13]
24th Festival do Rio Best Director Julia Murat Won [14]
Huelva Ibero-American Film Festival Best Actress Sol Miranda Won [15]
Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano de Habana Jury Special Prize Rule 34 Won [16]
Panorama Coisa de Cinema Special Mention Won [17]
APC Jury Special Prize Won
Festival des Trois Continents Special mention to the actress Sol Miranda Won [18]
MixBrasil Festival Best actress Won [19]
2023 Zinegoak - Bilbao's International GayLesboTrans Film and Performing Arts Festival Best actress Won [20]
Best Feature Film Rule 34 Won
Mezipatra Queer Film Festival Main Jury Special Mention Won [21]
Queer Lisboa Best Feature Film Won [22]

References

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  2. ^ Kas, Ligia (19 January 2023). "Sol Miranda é protagonista de "Regra 34", filme que explora liberdade e desejo". Universo Online (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 23 March 2023.
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  5. ^ Marie de la Fuente, Anna (1 August 2022). "Brazil's 'Rule 34' Drops Trailer Before Locarno Main International Competition Bow (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
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  8. ^ "Cinema International: Rule 34". Kolkata International Film Festival. 15 December 2022. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
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  10. ^ "Wayna Pitch date le Léopard d'or 2022". Boxoffice Pro (in French). 8 November 2022. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  11. ^ "Julia Murat : " "Règle 34" est une œuvre au croisement du sexe et de la politique "". Le Monde.fr (in French). 5 June 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
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  13. ^ Ntim, Zac (13 August 2022). "Locarno Film Festival Winners: 'Rule 34' Takes Golden Leopard". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  14. ^ "And the Prize Winners at Festival do Rio in 2022 are…". Festival do Rio. 16 October 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  15. ^ "48ª edición / 2022 | Festival de Huelva" (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  16. ^ "Longa-metragem 'Regra 34' recebe o Prêmio Especial do Júri no Festival de Havana". Trace.tv Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). 13 December 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  17. ^ Cinema, Coisa de (11 November 2022). "XVIII Panorama Coisa de Cinema anuncia vencedores; confira a lista". XIX Panorama Internacional Coisa de Cinema (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 24 April 2024.
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  20. ^ "zinegoak | historico". Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  21. ^ "Mezipatra announced the winners of the 24th edition. The South Korean transgender film captured the jury's attention". Mezipatra Queer Film Festival. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  22. ^ "Palmarés Queer Lisboa 27 - Notícias - Festival QUEER". queerlisboa.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 14 May 2024.
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