Released Date:
2003-08-01
Languages:
Portuguese
Countries:
Brazil
Runtime:
113 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.3 (2248 Reviews)
Director:
Josè Henrique FonsecaFelipe Braga (assistant scriptwriter)
Rubem Fonseca
Patrècia Melo (novel)
In Rio, Mèiquel is without prospects. He's philosophical and low-key. When he loses a bet and must dye his hair blond, life changes: he finds new confidence, he asks Cledir, the hairdresser, on a date, and when he's teased by a local tough kid, he murders him. Instead of an arrest, Mèiquel's a local hero; the cops look the other way. He and Cledir become lovers, his victim's girlfriend èrica, who's 15, insists that he protect her and moves into his small flat, and job offers come his way from a group of rich men who want to settle scores and get rid of local riff-raff. Where can this business go, and what about the triangle of Cledir, èrica and Mèiquel? He just wants to be normal?
Released Date:
2010-10-15
Languages:
Portuguese, English
Countries:
Brazil
Runtime:
100 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.1 (306 Reviews)
Director:
Malu De MartinoGenres:
DramaJosè Carvalho (screenplay)
Sabina Anzuategui (story)
Sèlvia Lourenèo (story)
Douglas Dwight (story)
Luiza Leite (story)
Daniel Guimarèes (story)
Myriam Campello (book)
Julia is a 35-year-old English Literature teacher struggling with depression as she tries to get her life back together again after her long, intense love affair with Antonia. Feeling totally abandoned after she and her enigmatic girlfriend broke up, Julia is thrown into a desperate, painful process. Her life and her values have been tinged with unbearable melancholy and her life's measure seems reduced to out-of-focus fragments of her memories. Her inner turmoil and conflicts hamper a process now made necessary - that of readapting to her new life. It is impossible for her to disguise her pain when she attempts to narrate emotions.
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