3 Movies Directed by Guel Arraes

A Dog's Will

A Dog's Will

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2000-09-10

Languages:

Portuguese

Countries:

Brazil

Runtime:

104 min

IMDB Ratings:

8.5 (4622 Reviews)

Director:

Guel Arraes

Cast:

Writer:

Guel Arraes

Adriana Falcèo

Joèo Falcèo

Ariano Suassuna (play)

Fullplot:

The lively Joèo Grilo and the sly Chicè are poor guys living in the hinterland who cheat a bunch of people in a small Northeast Brazil town. But when they die, they have to be judged by Christ, the Devil and the Virgin Mary, before they are admitted to paradise.

Lisbela and the Prisoner

Lisbela and the Prisoner

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2003-08-22

Languages:

Portuguese

Countries:

Brazil

Runtime:

106 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (3004 Reviews)

Director:

Guel Arraes

Cast:

Writer:

Guel Arraes (screenplay)

Jorge Furtado (screenplay)

Pedro Cardoso (screenplay)

Osman Lins (play)

Fullplot:

Lisbela is a young woman who loves going to the movies. Lelèu is a con man, going from town to town selling all sort of things and performing as master of ceremonies for some cheesy numbers, such as the woman who gets transformed into a gorilla. He gets involved with Linaura, a sexy and beautiful woman who happens to be the wife of the most frightening hitman of the place. The hitman finds out his wife's affair and goes after Lelèu, who has to leave in a hurry. In another town, he meets and falls instantly in love with Lisbela, who is engaged to Douglas, a hillbilly who tries hard to pass for a cosmopolitan Rio de Janeiro dweller.

Romance

Romance

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-11-14

Languages:

Portuguese

Countries:

Brazil

Runtime:

105 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (444 Reviews)

Director:

Guel Arraes

Genres:

Romance

Fullplot:

During a remake of the play Tristan and Isolde, actors Peter and Ana fall in love. While the characters live an idealized love, the interpreters are living a true story, which they try to spice it up with the intensity of the fiction.

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