The Rhino Skin: Marcello Ludwig Maia’s film, inspired by a famous 1970s murder, is less interested in telling a story than it is in making speeches. There’s no denying that femicide needs to be fought, but one wonders if the fight wouldn’t be better served by a more competent film. The story follows a female journalist who goes to the beach town where a socialite was killed, partly to escape her own toxic relationship. The film cross-cuts her barely there story with a group of lawyers brainstorming on how to frame the accusation and, essentially, creating the notion of femicide in the penal code. Here, there is even less story and even more preaching. Acting is indifferent: Débora Falabella plays the journalist who doesn’t truly investigate anything, and both Naruna Costa and Irandhir Santos, as the two lawyers, don’t truly have characters to play, but mood boards.