| release date: | June 30, 2000 |
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| genre: | Romance |
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| running time: | 95 min. |
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| director: | Bruno Barreto |
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| studio: | Sony Picture Classics |
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| producer(s): | Lucy Barreto |
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| screenplay: | Alexandre Machado, Fernanda Young |
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| cast: | Amy Irving, Alexandre Borges, Antônio Fagundes, Débora Bloch |
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Bossa Nova Movie Synopsis
This romantic comedy is about the lonely hearts of nine characters who break up or find
love in present day Rio de Janeiro. It focuses on Mary Ann Simpson (Irving) a flight
attendant turned English teacher who lives in Rio, as she tries to keep her students
out of trouble, and finds the man of her dreams. But the lives of Mary and her new love interest
are about to be intertwined with the interference of many other characters and incidents.
In viewing a film, that generally will not hold an audience when in a foreign lauage, I look for the story, its soul and this film diffenietly has one. Amy Irving is very real as Mary Ann and so is Paulo, Antonio Fagundes, I enjoyed the screen-writers adaptation and the way Bruno Barreto pulls everything together as the movie draws to an end. I wish Amy Bruno consider doing another film based in Brazil. The music in this film was traffic. In fact I will buy the sound track I like so much. Keep acting Amy you do your craft justice and what I have seen I have really enjoyed
Lovely and simple romantic movie
GREAT ROMANTIC MOVIE BEAUTIFUL PHOTOGRAPHY AND SCENERY ESPECIALLY THE BEGINNING. ACTORS EXCELLENT AND VERY LIKEABLE MIXTURE OF PORTUGESE AND ENGLISH DIALOG ADDED WORLDLY CHARACTER. EXCELLENT STORY DIRECTED TO CONVEY STYLE, HUMOR AND TENDERNESS. THE BOSSA NOVA MUSIC WAS BEAUTIFULLY WOVEN INTO THE STORY AHD SET THE MOOD WONDERFULLY IN EACH SCENE- THE CHARLES TRENET SONG ADDED A GREAT NOSTALGIC TOUCH. WORTH SEEING MANY TIMES OVER. I HAVE.