December (2008 film)
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| Directed by | Selton Mello |
| Written by | Selton Mello Marcelo Vindicato |
| Produced by | Vânia Catani |
| Starring | Leonardo Medeiros Darlene Glória Graziella Moretto Paulo Guarnieri Lúcio Mauro |
| Cinematography | Lula Carvalho |
| Edited by | Selton Mello Marilia Moraes |
| Music by | George Saldanha |
Production companies | Bananeira Filmes Mondo Cane Filmes |
Release date |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | Brazil |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Budget | R$2.4 million[1] |
| Box office | R$197,197[2] |
December (Portuguese: Feliz Natal) is a 2008 Brazilian drama film and directoral debut of Selton Mello. Shot in Rio de Janeiro,[3] it stars Leonardo Medeiros, Darlene Glória, Graziella Moretto, Paulo Guarnieri, and Lúcio Mauro.
Plot
[edit]Caio (Leonardo Medeiros) travels to his hometown to visit his family on Christmas Eve. At the reunion, he must deal with past memories.
From start, the film exposes a structural functioning: it is an example of a "performance cinema".[4]
Cast
[edit]- Leonardo Medeiros as Caio
- Darlene Glória as Mérci
- Graziella Moretto as Fabiana
- Paulo Guarnieri as Theo
- Lúcio Mauro as Miguel
- Fabricio Reis as Bruno
- Thelmo Fernandes as Neto
- Cláudio Mendes as Thales
- Daniel Torres as Vitor
- Rose Abdallah as Célia
- Lucas Guarnieri as Thiago
- Liz Maggini Seraphin as Bia
- Hossein Minussi as Alex
- Emiliano Queiroz as Zé do Caixão
- Nathalia Dill as Marília
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Selton Mello "nasce" melancólico". Folha de S.Paulo (in Portuguese). Grupo Folha. 14 July 2008. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
- ^ "Filmes Brasileiros Lançados - 1995 a 2013" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Ancine. p. 20. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 March 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
- ^ "Ator precoce, Selton Mello vira diretor maduro". Folha de S.Paulo. Grupo Folha. 19 July 2007. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
- ^ Valente, Eduardo (October 2008). "Feliz Natal, de Selton Mello (Brasil, 2008)". Revista Cinética (in Portuguese). Retrieved 7 December 2012.
External links
[edit]- Feliz Natal at IMDb
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