5 Movies Starring Simone Spoladore

To the Left of the Father

To the Left of the Father

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-10-29

Languages:

Portuguese

Countries:

Brazil

Runtime:

163 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (1138 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Luiz Fernando Carvalho

Raduan Nassar (novel)

Fullplot:

Brazilian baroque. The young son that ran from his dominant family, descends into decadence and then returns to the nest. With melodramatic themes of tyrannical fathers, incest, fierce family conflicts and an overheated and intense visual style to match.

Desmundo

Desmundo

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2003-05-30

Languages:

Portuguese, Tupi, Hebrew, Latin

Countries:

Brazil

Runtime:

101 min

IMDB Ratings:

(335 Reviews)

Director:

Alain Fresnot

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Sabina Anzuategui

Alain Fresnot

Ana Maria Miranda (novel)

Anna Muylaert

Fullplot:

The story of Orisbela, a young and religious woman who comes from Portugal to Brazil to marry Francisco de Albuquerque, a rude sugar-cane plantation owner, in 1570.

The Year My Parents Went on Vacation

The Year My Parents Went on Vacation

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-11-02

Languages:

Portuguese, Yiddish, Hebrew

Countries:

Brazil

Runtime:

110 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (4579 Reviews)

Director:

Cao Hamburger

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Adriana Falcèo (script collaborator)

Claudio Galperin

Cao Hamburger

Brèulio Mantovani

Anna Muylaert

Fullplot:

In 1970, near the World Cup, Daniel Stern and his wife Miriam leaves Belo Horizonte in a hurry and scared with their ten years old son Mauro in their Volkswagen. While traveling to Sèo Paulo, the couple explains Mauro that they will travel on vacation and will leave Mauro with his grandfather Mètel. Daniel promises to return before the first game of the Brazilian National Soccer Team in the Cup. The boy is left in Bom Retiro, a Jewish and Italian neighborhood, and waits for Mètel in front of his apartment. When the next door neighbor Shlomo arrives, he tells the boy that Mètel had just had a heart attack and died. Alone and without knowing where his parents are, the boy is lodged by Shlomo and the Jewish community. Through the young neighbor Hanna, Mauro makes new friends, cheers for the Brazilian team and sees the movement of the police and militaries on the streets while waiting for his parents.

Elvis & Madona

Elvis & Madona

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-09-23

Languages:

Portuguese

Countries:

Brazil

Runtime:

105 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.1 (145 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Josè Carvalho (screenplay)

Marcelo Laffitte

Fullplot:

Elvis & Madona is a romantic comedy that deals with an unusual subject in a delicate and realistic way: a love story between young lesbian Elvis and a transvestite Madona. The story takes place in Copacabana, neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro. The screenplay comprehends a full array of human types and, by following the journey of both protagonists, illustrates the conflicts generated by the evolution of behavior and custom. It is a modern and agile picture, and its soundtrack will follow the latest musical trends. Nevertheless, it is essentially a love story, proving that love can exist in any situation.

Natimorto

Natimorto

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-04-29

Languages:

Portuguese

Countries:

Brazil

Runtime:

92 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (113 Reviews)

Director:

Paulo Machline

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Lourenèo Mutarelli (original author)

Andre Pinho

Fullplot:

A talent agent summons a young singer to Sao Paulo in order to present her to a renowned maestro. While they wait for the day of the audition, they stay in a hotel room where, over cigarettes and coffee, the agent reads her future by using cigarette packs as if they were tarot cards. It is during this wait that his true intentions are revealed.

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