''Como se Tornar o Pior Aluno da Escola'' (''How to become the worst student in school'') is a 2017 Brazilian

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based on the eponymous book by

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Danilo Gentili Danilo Gentili Jr. (born 27 September 1979) is a Brazilian comedian, television host, writer, cartoonist, and businessman and political commentator. He gained national recognition on the TV show ''Custe o Que Custar'' (CQC), aired on the Band ne ...

. The film was directed by Fabrício Bittar and the

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was written by Gentili with collaborations from various other writers. The film received mostly negative reviews following its release, but the performance of the young cast was praised.

Synopsis

Bernadinho (Bruno Munhoz) and Pedro (Daniel Pimentel) are

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and face the burden of doing well at school and behaving, while the principal Ademar (Carlos Villagrán) enacts increasingly complex and specific rules. Frustrated, Pedro comes upon a hand-made book with advice on how to cause chaos in school without being caught.

Cast

*Danilo Gentili as Worst Student *Bruno Munhoz as Bernardo *Daniel Pimentel as Pedro *

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as Principal Ademar *

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as Math teacher *Moacyr Franco as Janitor *

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as Cristiano *Raul Gazolla as Physical education teacher *

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as History teacher *Marcelo Rafael as Security officer

Controversy

While promoting the film, Gentili used his social networks to incite attacks on the authors of negative reviews. An example was the ''CinePOP'' website, which accused the director of initiating a wave of virtual attacks. In another case, a producer criticized ''

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Diego Bargas, of

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, for conducting an allegedly interview with him. On Facebook, Gentili published the interview paired with images of Bargas' posts praising former

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and

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and former

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. As a result, Bargas was attacked on social media and fired by Folha for his political comments. Folha justified its decision by stating that Diego had "disrespected repeated guidance on behavior in social networks." According to the newspaper, "journalists are told to avoid expressing political-party positions and not to issue social media comments that compromise the independence of their reports". Gentili's behavior and his followers', as well as the newspaper's decision to fire the reporter, were widely panned by class entities. In a joint statement, the ''Union of Professional Journalists of the State of São Paulo'' and the ''National Federation of Journalists'' "vehemently repudiate the attacks on the journalist and his dismissal," which they considered acts which jeopardized the principles of

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and of expression.

References

External links

* Brazilian comedy films 2017 comedy films 2017 films 2010s Portuguese-language films Film controversies in Brazil 2010s Brazilian films {{2010s-comedy-film-stub