Quanto Dura o Amor?
Paulista
Roberto Moreira
Brazil, Drama, 2009
82 min, RED Camera, Color
Portuguese with English subtitles
Co-sponsored by the Austin Gay & Lesbian
International Film Festival
Aspiring actress Marina arrives in São Paulo with dreams of independence and fulfillment. She shares an apartment on Avenida Paulista with Suzana, a lawyer with an air of mystery. A few floors up lives Jay, a frustrated author searching for meaning in his life. At a nightclub, Marina becomes obsessed with a singer, Justine. At the courthouse, Suzana begins a relationship with a colleague, Gil. In the streets, Jay takes in a prostitute named Michelle as his muse. At the breakneck pace of the city, the three Paulistas will live the euphoria of passion and its flipside, taking the audience along on a journey full of surprises. Winner of Best Actress Award (Maria Clara Spinelli) at the 2009 Paulinea Film Festival.
Regional Premiere
Roberto Moreira is the award-winning director of the 2004 Contra Todo, his directorial debut, which received over 20 international prizes. Roberto is also a professor at the renowned ECA (Escola de Comunicação de Artes da Universidade de São Paulo), and the scriptwriter of Tata Amaral’s Um Céu de Estrelas (1996) and Antônia (2006). He has also directed episodes for the TV series Cidade dos Homens (2005).
Producer: Geórgia Costa Araújo
Production Companies: Coração da Selva
Screenwriter: Roberto Moreira, Anna Muylaert
Cinematographer: Marcelo Trotta
Editor: Mirella Martinelli
Sound Design: Eduardo Santos Mendes
Music: Livio Tragtenberg, Radiohead
Cast: Silvia Lourenço, Danni Carlos, Paulo Vilhena, Maria Clara Spinelli
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