Release Date

25 Feb, 2016

Runtime

01:48: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

With its obvious simplicity, the film’s title happens to set the mood of the film, or at least its guiding principle: staying anchored in everyday life. More precisely, the life of Maria José and Norberto, who have been married for 35 years and who live in Contagem, in the suburbs of Belo Horizonte. Their marriage is on the rocks, which leads their two sons to also wonder about the future of their own relationships with their wives. The story is quite ordinary. How can one capture such an impercep- tible shift in the heart of the banality of things, only made more noticeable by a crisis? Filming his own family, his own parents, his brother and himself, André Novais Oliveira has chosen to take his time. He shots long sequences, leaving enough time for the fictional situations on which he puts his characters to grow and unfold. Then he uses wide frames to linger on more mundane, concrete or at times farcical moments: eating an orange, cooking, watching television...

Original Title

Ela Volta na Quinta

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Actors

Maria José Novais Oliveira

Norberto Novais Oliveira

André Novais Oliveira

Renato Novaes

Elida Silpe

Carla Patrícia

Tatiana Dal Magro

Dircinha Macêdo

Robert Frank

Thiago Cesário

Anivalda Lima

Lederson Nascimento

Bárbara Maia

Lois Martins

Cléida de Novais

Thiago Felipe de Souza

Crew

Gabriel Martins

Gabriel Martins

Gabriel Martins

Maurílio Martins

Maurílio Martins

André Novais Oliveira

Pedro Salles Santiago

André Novais Oliveira

André Novais Oliveira

Thiago Macedo Correia

Pedro Salles Santiago