Country: Brazil
Year: 2002
Duration: 96'
Durval and her mother Carmita live in the back of their record shop. One day Durval decides to hire a girl, Célia, to do the housework and to help her elderly mother. The young woman brings a breath of fresh air in their sad existence. But, after her first day of work, she disappears, leaving Durval her five-year-old daughter Kiki, and promising to come back in a few days. Durval and Carmita take care of the little girl but one night, as they watch the news on TV, they discover the dramatic truth behind Célia's disappearance.
The screenplay was inspired by the old record shops you can find in the characteristic Pinheiros neighborhood in São Paulo. The theme of the film is the classic and eternal conflict between mothers and children" (A. Muylaert).
Biography
film director
Anna Muylaert
Anna Muylaert (São Paulo 1964) studied cinema at the University of S„o Paulo and began working as a movie critic for a weekly magazine and a daily newspaper in her city. She then moved behind the movie camera and made numerous short films (one of which, A Origem Dos Bebes Segundo Kiki Cavalcante, won a prize at the Rio Cine and Cine Cear· festivals) and musical videos. At present, she is working as a screenwriter for programs on TV Cultura and SBT. Durval Discos is her first full-length film.
FILMOGRAFIA
A origem dos bebes segundo Kiki Cavalcante (cm, 1998), Durval discos (2002).
Cast
& Credits
Regia, soggetto e sceneggiatura: Anna Muylaert.
Director of photography: Jacob Solitrenick.
Special effects: Silvio Galvão.
Music: André Abujamra.
Art director: Ana Mara Abreu.
Costume designer: Marisa Guimarães.
Editor: Vania Debs.
Sound: Romeu Quinto, Geraldo Ribeiro.
Cast and characters: Ary França (Durval), Etty Fraser (Carmita), Marisa Orth (Elizabeth), Letícia Sabatella (Célia), Isabela Guasco (Kiki).
Production company: Sara Silveira, Maria Ionescu per Dezenove Som/Imagens & Africa Filmes.
Co-production: TV Cultura Pic TV/Fundação Padre Anchieta/Governo do Estado de São Paulo.
Vendita all'estero: Grupo Novo de Cinema e TV Brazilian Cinema Promotion, rua Capitão Salomão 42, Humait·, 22271-040 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, tel. +55-21-25391538, fax +55-21-22663637, e-mail international@gnctv.com.br.
Director of photography: Jacob Solitrenick.
Special effects: Silvio Galvão.
Music: André Abujamra.
Art director: Ana Mara Abreu.
Costume designer: Marisa Guimarães.
Editor: Vania Debs.
Sound: Romeu Quinto, Geraldo Ribeiro.
Cast and characters: Ary França (Durval), Etty Fraser (Carmita), Marisa Orth (Elizabeth), Letícia Sabatella (Célia), Isabela Guasco (Kiki).
Production company: Sara Silveira, Maria Ionescu per Dezenove Som/Imagens & Africa Filmes.
Co-production: TV Cultura Pic TV/Fundação Padre Anchieta/Governo do Estado de São Paulo.
Vendita all'estero: Grupo Novo de Cinema e TV Brazilian Cinema Promotion, rua Capitão Salomão 42, Humait·, 22271-040 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, tel. +55-21-25391538, fax +55-21-22663637, e-mail international@gnctv.com.br.
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