Amélia (film)

Amélia
Amélia
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Ana Carolina
Screenplay by	Ana Carolina; José Antônio Pinheiro
Produced by	Jaime A. Schwartz
Starring	Marília Pêra; Béatrice Agenin; Camilla Amado; Pedro Bismark; Alice Borges; Marcélia Cartaxo
Cinematography	Rodolfo Sánchez
Edited by	Ademir Francisco
Music by	Nelson Ayres; David Carbonara; Pedro Herculano
Production; companies	Crystal Cinematográfica; Tuinho Schwartz Productions
Distributed by	Riofilme
Release date	2001 (Biarritz);
Running time	130 minutes
Country	Brazil
Language	Portuguese
Box office	R$140,283

Amélia is a 2001 Brazilian comedy-drama film directed by Ana Carolina, inspired by the visit of French actress Sarah Bernhardt to Brazil, in 1905. In the film, the actress is under a professional and personal crisis, but is induced by her Brazilian housekeeper, Amélia, to start performing in Rio de Janeiro. However, the actress is forced to live with the exotic sisters of Amélia.^[2]

Ana Carolina had already written the screenplay for the film in 1989, but does not produced due to lack of money. It was shot in Pernambuco and Rio de Janeiro.^[3] It debuted at the Biarritz Film Festival where Béatrice Agenin won the best actress award.^[4]^[5] The film received three nominations at the Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro in the categories of best actress, for Miriam Muniz, best screenplay and best art direction.^[6]

Cast

Marília Pêra as Amélia
Béatrice Agenin as Sarah Bernhardt
Camilla Amado as Oswalda
Pedro Bismark
Alice Borges as Maria Luiza
Marcélia Cartaxo
Betty Gofman as Vicentine
Xuxa Lopes
Duda Mamberti
Miriam Muniz as Francisca
Otávio Terceiro as Otávio III
Cristina Pereira
Pedro Paulo Rangel

References

^ "Filmes Brasileiros Lançados - 1995 a 2012" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Ancine. p. 20. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 27, 2014. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
^ "Amélia" (in Portuguese). Adoro Cinema. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
^ Santos, Valmir (August 25, 2000). "França e Brasil matuto se enfrentam em "Amélia"". Folha de S.Paulo (in Portuguese). Grupo Folha. Retrieved May 18, 2014.
^ "Amélia no Festival de Biarritz". Cineclick (in Portuguese). R7. September 11, 2000. Archived from the original on May 18, 2014. Retrieved May 18, 2014.
^ "El cine nacional arrasó con los premios en Biarritz". El Día (in Spanish). October 1, 2000. Retrieved May 18, 2014.
^ "Filme 'amélia' e seu primoroso elenco feminino estão em cartaz no cine conhecimento" (in Portuguese). Futura. Archived from the original on May 18, 2014. Retrieved May 17, 2014.

External links

Amélia at IMDb

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[1] "Filmes Brasileiros Lançados - 1995 a 2012" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Ancine. p. 20. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 27, 2014. Retrieved May 17, 2014.

[AdoroCinema-2] "Amélia" (in Portuguese). Adoro Cinema. Retrieved May 17, 2014.

[3] Santos, Valmir (August 25, 2000). "França e Brasil matuto se enfrentam em "Amélia"". Folha de S.Paulo (in Portuguese). Grupo Folha. Retrieved May 18, 2014.

[4] "Amélia no Festival de Biarritz". Cineclick (in Portuguese). R7. September 11, 2000. Archived from the original on May 18, 2014. Retrieved May 18, 2014.

[5] "El cine nacional arrasó con los premios en Biarritz". El Día (in Spanish). October 1, 2000. Retrieved May 18, 2014.

[Futura-6] "Filme 'amélia' e seu primoroso elenco feminino estão em cartaz no cine conhecimento" (in Portuguese). Futura. Archived from the original on May 18, 2014. Retrieved May 17, 2014.

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