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:
2012-03-30
Languages:
Portuguese, Spanish
Countries:
Brazil
Runtime:
116 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
6.9 (1008 Reviews)
Director:
Josè Henrique FonsecaL.G. Bayèo (collaborating writer)
Felipe Braganèa (screenplay)
Fernando Castets (screenplay)
Roberto Ceuninck (collaborating writer)
Josè Henrique Fonseca (screenplay)
The film about Heleno de Freitas (1920/1959) ( Santoro ) , who was one of the greats of Brazilian football . An exceptional player , but very temperamental , while that displayed his enormous talent on the pitch , showed her charm in the evenings locals . Beautiful, elegant and arrogant, and had lived in bohemian affairs constant , drank heavily , took drugs and not cared athletically , living creating controversies club ( Botafogo ) , with colleagues and frictions with opponents . He had a brief stint in Argentina , where trained clothing and outerwear , for not supporting the ice. Produèèo inspired the book "There was never a man like Heleno " ( title inspired by the movie " Gilda " with Rita Hayworth , who was the pejorative nickname of Heleno ) , the journalist Marcos Eduardo Neves . It is worth mentioning that the film is not about football , goes far beyond this bias , it shows starkly the uncertainties of a celebrity ambiguous and unprepared - Filmed in black and white with great photography and reconstitution of the time, tuned cast and superb acting of Rodrigo Santoro .
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