History Film / Estomago

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Nonato/Alecrim can be easily underestimated for being an dorky looking, frail man.

* AmbiguousDisorder: Nonato's encyclopedic knowledge and love for expositions suggests a form of autism or Savant syndrome.

* DreamTeam: Written, directed, and produced by Director Marcelo Jorge, with writing by Lusa Silvestre, and some well known Brazilian actors.

* AmbiguousDisorder: Nonato´s encyclopedic knowledge and love for expositions suggests a form of autism or Savant syndrome.
* AntiVillain: One could see Nonato/Alecrim as that: he becomes evil as a reaction to people around him trying to use him for their own ends, without any consideration for his feelings or wellbeing.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Or else, Break-in, Robbing, and Double Murder, in the finale: Nonato breaks in the restaurant without authorization, catches his boss and his lover in the act, drinks his special birthday wine, and then, well, double murder occurs.

* BlackAndGrayMorality: Most people in the film act out of their own interests, and even the informed criminals (and the slaver) aren´t shown doing anything more offensive than using coarse language and menacing to beat Nonato/Alecrim for something wrong he does. Nonato, on the other hand, becomes first a passional and then a cold murderer in the end of the movie.

* BreakTheCutie: Nonato starts as a really nice person in the start of the movie. In the ending, not so much, after witnessing Iria with Seu Giovanni and going to prison.

* ChekhovsGun: The ingredients and abilities that Nonato is using in his ''free'' life, later turn useful for becoming the prison´s cook and taking Bujiú´s place in the top.

* HeWhoMustNotBeSeen: Nonato´s mother, who is mentioned as having come to tend for him, but not appearing in film.

** ''Alecrim'', or ''Rosemary'' is the name of a kitchen herb. Ironically, it´s said to be related to love and remembrance.

** Bujiú´s name (''Howler''?) maybe can be an indicative of his position as the ''top monkey'' inside the cell hierarchy.

* StalkerWithACrush: Nonato stalks Iria to Seu Giovani´s restaurant, when he had other sexual and maybe love options around.

* SecretIngredient: The ant crumb. And the final feijoada for Bujiú...

* TastesLikeFriendship: How Nonato attracts people and then makes them get off guard to him.

* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: Nonato´s "superpower" of incredible cooking and encyclopedic knowledge about gastronomy are basically his only powers against two greedy capitalists (and a not so kind hooker) with more money and foreknowledge than himself, and then in a cell where even the weakest prisoner could easily beat the crap out(or shiv off his lungs) of him. He does prevail over them all in the end.

* WhosLaughingNow: Rosemary does this somewhat amicably to Seu Zulmiro when he returns to his cantina.

* AntiVillain: One could see Nonato/Alecrim as that: he becomes evil as a reaction to people around him trying to use him for their own ends, without any consideration for his feelings or well being.

* {{Deconstruction}}: Sort of a deconstruction of both ''underdog becomes successful entrepreneur'', cooking movies, and prison movies. The underdog suceeds by destroyng any signs of humanity inside himself, and the glamour of the restaurant business is toned down with some of its more realistic aspects. In the prison, the most violent prisioners are indeed the ones who predominate, but the power of money and social influence is shown to be equal or even greater in strength than mere muscle.

* TheDogBitesBack: What Nonato does, with growing prejudice and maliciouness, against Seu Zulmiro, Seu Giovanni and Iria, and lastly, to Bujiú.

** Nonato tries to impress Bujiú by preparing a ant crumb after learning about a Colombian recipe by another prisioner. The boss at first likes it, then asks IAteWhat and promply beats Rosemary for it.

%% * RealityEnsues When Dr. Horrible announces his plans to attack the mayor on his blog, he is easily thwarted by the police and Captain Hammer because... he %% ZCE, due to entry ending in literally mid-sentence

--> '''Rosemary:''' ''The doctors said that Bujiú died of a virus. I just thoght it was because of the poison that I slipped in his special feijoada.''

* SplitPersonalityTakeover: The entire movie can be interpreted as the socipathic and evil ''Rosemary'' personality taking over the humble and defensive ''Nonato'' one.

* VillainsOutShopping: Not shown onscreen all the time, but Rosemary asks Bujiú to procure food through the black market for him to prepare. Somewhat literally, in the scenes where Nonato learns from his masters and when he gets fun with the other prisioners. And literally when he goes first with Seu Giovani and then with Iria to the grocery fair of the town.
* TastesLikeFriendship: How Nonato attracts people and then makes them get offguard to him.

* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: Nonato´s "superpower" of incredible cooking and encyclopedic knowledge about gastronomy are basically his only powers against two greedy capitalists (and a not so kind hooker) with more money and foreknowledge than himself, and then in a cell where even the weakest prisioner could easily beat the crap out(or shiv off his lungs) of him. He does prevail over them all in the end.

* WhosLaughingNow: Rosemary does this somewhat amicably to Seu Zulmiro when he returns to his cantina.

''Estômago'' (''Stomach'') is a Brazilian film of 2007, about a northeasterner immigrant that goes to an ummaned southern city penniless and makes his living as an unpaid cook at a shaggy cantina in the city. The film alternates between his time in prison, shown as ''the present'', and his past life in the ''past'', still as a cook, and what leads him to commit a crime that would lead to his incarceration. This work has examples of:

!! Tropes:

* AmbiguousDisorder: Nonato´s encyclopedic knowledge and love for expositions can be a sign for some kind of autism or Savant syndrome.

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Or else, Break-in, Robbing, and Double Murder, in the finale: Nonato breaks in the restaurant without authorization, peeps at his boss and his lover, drinks his special birthday wine, and then, well, double murder occurs.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Nonato is implied to learn about some ingredients and preparations seeing them being used only once. (Or, he researches more about them offscreen and trains hard on them).

* BreakTheCutie: Nonato starts as a really nice person in the start of the movie. In the ending, not so much...

* ChefOfIron: If not a true fighter, Nonato can withstand rough punishment from ''life'' itself.

** ''Bujiú''(maybe because he looks like a howler monkey, or Bugio in Portuguese).

* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Nonato tries to impress the other inmates by naming himself ''Nonato Shivblade'' but ends up being named ''Rosemary'' because of a kitchen herb. And manages to kill the cell boss under that name and the resulting reputation.

* TeamChef: What Rosemary becomes in jail.

** Nonato tries to impress Bujiú by preparing a ant crumb after learning about a Colombian recipe by another prisioner. The boss at first likes it, then asks IATEWhat and promply beats Rosemary for it.
** In the great dinner for Etctéra, his attempts to serve carpaccio and explain a wine bouquet almost result in the same impression by the guests, with Bujiú ordering him to COOK the carpaccio and serving jail-made liquor while only Nonato and a gay/transgender couple drinks any wine.

%%* SpiritualSuccessor: Well... %%% ZCE; please expand context before commenting back in

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Or else, Break-in, Robbing, and Double Murder, in the finale: Nonato breaks in the restaurant without authorization, peeps at his boss and his lover, drinks his special birthday wine, and then...

* DeathByOriginStory: Nonato goes incarcerated and becomes ''Alecrim'' after his double murder.

* DoggedNiceGuy: Nonato/Alecrim.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Nonato is working for Giovanni, the later tells the former that the filet mignon is the best cut of beef, comparing it to a woman's butt. The climax reveals that [[spoiler: after killing Giovanni and Iria in bed, Nonato cut off a piece of Iria's butt like a filet mignon and cooked it.]]

** In the great dinner for Etctéra, his attempts to serve carpaccio and explain a wine bouquet almost result in the same impression by the guests, with Bujiú ordaining him to COOK the carpaccio and serving jail-made liquor while only Nonato and a gay/transgender couple drinks any wine.
** AwesomenessByAnalysis: Nonato is implied to learn about some ingredients and preparations seeing them being used only once. (Or, he researches more about them offscreen and train hard on them...)
** VictorGainsLoserPowers: Seu Zulmiro ''defeats'' Nonato and uses his super-cooking to pimp up his cantina with him as a slave. Nonato learns how to prepare Brazilian pastries from him and then dumps him for a real job. Seu Giovanni makes Nonato his Dragon at the kitchen and teaches him about ''haute cuisine'' and fine ingredients, and Iria teaches Nonato about sex and deceitfulness. After that he kills then and literally eats Iria's vitality. Then he goes to jail and becomes Alecrim, where he ''defeats'' the other inmates in relative importance, then finally defeating the BigBoss himself, gaining his 'brawn'' powers and jail 'respect' for himself.

* ProtagonistJourneyToVillain: Both in the case of Nonato and Rosemary, doubling as a sort of HowWeGotThere.

* SpiritualSuccessor: Well...

* VillainousBreakdown: More like a StartOfDarkness, when

* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: Nonato´s ''superpower'' of incredible cooking and encyclopedic knowledge about gastronomy are basically his only powers against two greedy capitalists (and a not so kind hooker) with more money and foreknowledge than himself, and then in a cell where even the weakest prisioner could easily beat the crap out(or shiv off his lungs) of him. He does prevail over them all in the end.

* MegaManning: How Nonato (d)evolves from a simple immigrant to a DeadlyChef.

Estômago (''Stomach'') is a Brazilian film of 2007, about a northeasterner immigrant that goes to an ummaned southern city pennyless and makes his living as an unpaid cook at a shaggy cantina in the city. The film alternates between his time in prison, shown as ''the present'', and his past life in the ''past'', still as a cook, and what leads him to commit a crime that would lead to his incarceration. This work has examples of:

* AlmostKiss: More of aborted kiss, as Iris would not kiss Nonato as she views him as another ''client'' or friend with benefits.

* DespairEventHorizon: When Nonato sees Iris French-kissing his boss.
* TheDogBitesBack: What Nonato does, with growing prejudice and maliciouness, against Seu Zulmiro, Seu Giovanni and Iris, and lastly, to Bujiú.

* HeroicBSOD: Nonato on seeing Iris and Giovanni together.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Nonato is working for Giovanni, the later tells the former that the filet mignon is the best cut of beef, comparing it to a woman's butt. The climax reveals that [[spoiler: after killing Giovanni and Iris in bed, Nonato cut off a piece of Iris' butt like a filet mignon and cooked it.]]

** ''Bujiú''(maybe because he looks like a Howler Monkey, or Bugio in Portuguese).

** VictorGainsLoserPowers: Seu Zulmiro ''defeats'' Nonato and uses his super-cooking to pimp up his cantina with him as a slave. Nonato learns how to prepare Brazilian pastries from him and then dumps him for a real job. Seu Giovanni makes Nonato his Dragon at the kitchen and teaches him about ''haute cuisine'' and fine ingredients, and Iris teaches Nonato about sex and deceitfulness. After that he kills then and literally eats Iris's vitality. Then he goes to jail and becomes Alecrim, where he ''defeats'' the other inmates in relative importance, then finally defeating the BigBoss himself, gaining his 'brawn'' powers and jail 'respect' for himself.

* StalkerWithACrush: Nonato stalks Iris to Seu Giovani´s restaurant, when he had other sexual and maybe love options around.
%%* StartOfDarkness: Well...%% ZCE, due to entry ending in literally mid-sentence

* SupremeChef: How Nonato views Seu Giovanni, and what he arguably is. What Nonato becomes thnaks to his innate genius and MegaManning.
* VillainousBreakdown: More like a StartOfDarkness, when Nonato is technically still a hero, when he sees Iris and Seu Giovanni making out.

* VillainsOutShopping: Not shown onscreen all the time, but Rosemary asks Bujiú to procure food through the black market for him to prepare. Somewhat literally, in the scenes where Nonato learns from his masters and when he gets fun with the other prisioners. And literally when he goes first with Seu Giovani and then with Iris to the grocery fair of the town.

* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: Iris gets interested in the dorky Nonato because of his good cooking.

* AmbiguousDisorder: Nonato´s encyclopedic knowledge and love for expositions can be a sing for some kind of autism or Savant syndrome.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Nonato/Alecrim can be easily underestimated for being an dork looking, frail man.
* BlackAndGrayMorality: Most people in the film act out of their own interests, and even the informed criminals(and the slaver) aren´t shown doing anything more offensive than using coarse language and menacing to beat Nonato/Alecrim for something wrong he does. Nonato, in the other way, becomes first a passional and then a cold murderer in the end of the movie.

* {{Deconstruction}}: Sort of a desconstruction of toth ''underdog becomes sucessful entrepeneur'',cooking movies, and prison movies. The underdog suceeds by destroyng any signs of humanity inside himself, and the glamour of reastaurantry is toned down with some of its more realistic aspects. In the prison, the most violent prisioners are indeed the ones who predominate, but the power of money and social influence is shown to be so or more strong than mere muscle.
* DespairEventHorizon: When Nonato sees Iris french-kissing his boss.

* DownerEnding[=/=]BittersweetEnding: TheBadGuyWins in the end and is shown planning on killing all his way in the underworld hierarchy until the very top.

* HeWhoMustNotBeSeen: Nonato´s mother, who is mentioned having come to tennd for him, but not appearing in film.

* LoveTriangle: Its not stated that Iria loves neither Nonato nor Giovanni: she just likes to hang by him, of food, and of men with power and ability at food making. It just happens that Seu Giovanni is a even better cook than Nonato, or a good cook THAT also is somewhat rich and powerful.
* MeaningfulName: Or Nicknames.
** ''Raimundo Nonato'': Was as catholic saint who fought against slavery, and went to jail himself, where he was able to convert other prisioners and some guards to his faith, and got canonized after being rescued from the Turks and dying from exaustion for the mistreatment he suffered.
** The second name of the Saint, ''Nonnatus'', also means ''not born'' in Latin: Nonato can ben considered ''not born'' for being a pariah both in the big city and when he first arrives in prison.
** ''Alecrim'', or ''Rosemary'': Its a name for a kitchen herb. Ironically, it´s said to be related with love and rememberance.

** VictorGainsLoserPowers: Seu Zulmiro ''defeats'' Nonato and uses his super-cooking to pimp up his cantina with him as a slave. Nonato learns how preparing Brazilian pastry from him and then dumps him for a real job. Seu Giovanni makes Nonato his Dragon at the kitchen and teaches him about haute cuisine and fine ingredients, and Iris teaches Nonato about sex and deceitfulness, after what he kills then and literally eats Iris vitality. Then he goes to jail and becomes Alecrim, where he ''defeats'' the other inmates in relative importance, for finally defeating the BigBoss himself, gaining his 'brawn'' powers and jail 'respect'' for himself.

%% * Reality Ensues: When Dr. Horrible announces his plans to attack the mayor on his blog, he is easily thwarted by the police and Captain Hammer because... he %% ZCE, due to entry ending in literally mid-sentence

--> '''Rosemary:''' ''The doctors said that Bujiú died of a virosis. I just thoght it was because of the poison that I slipped in his special feijoada.''

* StartOfDarkness: Well...

* VillainsOutShopping: Not show onscreen all the time, but Rosemary asks Bujiú to procure food through the black market for him to prepare. Somewhat literally, in the scenes where Nonato learns from his masters and when he gets fun with the other prisioners. And literally when he goes first with Seu Giovani and then with Iris to the grocery fair of the town.

* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: Nonato´s ''superpower'' of incredible cooking and enciclopedic knowledge about gastronomy are basically his only powers against two greedy capitalists (and a not so kind hooker) with more money and foreknowledge than himself, and then in a cell where even the weakest prisioner could easily beat the crap out(or shiv off his lungs) of him. He does prevail over them all in the end.
* YourFavorite: How Bujiú meets his demise.

* MysteryMeat: Nonato tries to impress Bujiú by preparing a ant crumb after learning about a Colombian recipe by another prisioner. The boss at first likes it, then asks IATEWhat and promply beats Rosemary for it.

* BiggerBad: The mob boss Etcetera and his band.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Nonato is working for Giovanni, the later tells the former that the filet mignon is the best part of beef, comparing it to a woman's butt. The climax reveals that [[spoiler: after killing Giovanni and Iris in bed, Nonato cut off a piece of Iris' butt like a filet mignon and cooked it.]]

** --> '''Seu Zulmiro/Seu Giovani:''' ''''Its like a women´s ''bunda.''.'' And then, guess what piece of meat Nonato literally cooks before he is arrested...

* RealityEnsues: When Dr. Horrible announces his plans to attack the mayor on his blog, he is easily thwarted by the police and Captain Hammer because... he

* {{Adorkable}}: Nonato, especially towards Iris.

* Foreshadowing: When Nonato is working for Giovanni, the later tells the former that the filet mignon is the best part of beef, comparing it to a woman's butt. The climax reveals that [[spoiler: after killing Giovanni and Iris in bed, Nonato cut off a piece of Iris' butt like a filet mignon and cooked it.]]

* Foreshadowing: When Nonato is working for Giovanni, the later tells the former that the filet mignon is the best part of beef, comparing it to a woman's butt. The climax reveals that [[spoilers: after killing Giovanni and Iris in bed, Nonato cut off a piece of Iris' butt like a filet mignon and cooked it.]]

* DownerEnding / BittersweetEnding: The BadGuyWins in the end and is shown planning on killing all his way in the underworld hierarchy until the very top.

* EvilChef: Oh boy...

* GenreSavvy:
** In universe: Seu Giovanni, about what would make a guy pay luxury prices for not so expensive to make preparations: wanting to impress a girl he wants to hit on.
** Later, Alecrim poisons Bujiú knowing that, as the Brazilian health system would not give a heck for making a detailed autopsy of a black prisioner, he would be reported as dying from a ''virosis''.
* FoodPorn: The Movie.
* HappyEnding: For Alecrim. Or not.
* HardWorkHardlyWorks: Subverted. Nonato manages to impress his bosses for being talented, humble and hard-working.

* HopelessSuitor: Nonato to Iris.
* TheIngenue: Nonato, in the start of both his life in the city, and in prison.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Nonato/Alecrim in the end.
* RuleofSymbolism: ''It´s just like an woman´s butt!''
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Nonato, anyone?
* LethalChef: Not really by the trope exact description and just once by the food itself, but anyways...
* LoveMakesYouEvil: And how...

* MadScientist: Or instead, a Mad Cook...

* GenreSavvy: In film: Seu Giovanni, about what would make a guy pay luxury prices for not so expensive to make preparations: wanting to impress a girl he wants to hit on. Later, Alecrim poisons Bujiú knowing that, as the Brazilian health system would not give a heck for making a detailed autopsy of a black prisioner, he would be reported as dying from a ''virosis''.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Nonato, anyone?

-->'''Billy:''' "Listen close to everybody's heart / and hear that breaking sound / hopes and dreams are shattering apart / and crashing to the ground."

--> "It's not a death ray..."

--> Hammer (to Penny): "The only doom that's looming is you loving me to death..."

FromNobodyToNightmare: Nonato/Alecrim in the end.
RuleofSymbolism: ''It´s just like an woman´s butt!''
BewareTheNiceOnes: Nonato, anyone?

Estômago(''Stomach'') is a Brazilian film of 2007, about a northeasterner immigrant that goes to an ummaned southern city pennyless and makes his living as an unpaid cook at a shaggy cantina in the city. The film alternates between his time in prison, shown as ''the present'', and his past life in the ''past'', still as a cook, and what leads him to commit a crime that would lead to his incarceration. This work has examples of: