Playing (film)
| Playing | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | Eduardo Coutinho |
| Produced by | Guilherme Cezar Coelho João Moreira Salles Mauricio Andrade Ramos |
| Cinematography | Jacques Cheuiche |
| Edited by | Jordana Berg |
Release date |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | Brazil |
| Language | Portuguese |
Playing (Portuguese: Jogo de Cena) is a 2007 Brazilian documentary film by Eduardo Coutinho, about the friction between truth and fiction in the cinema.[2][3][4]
In the 2010s it was ranked as number 17 on the Abraccine Top 100 Brazilian films list[5] and also number 2 in the documentary list.[6]
Plot
[edit]In response to a newspaper ad, 83 women responded and told their life story in a studio. Twenty-three of them were selected and filmed in June 2006. In September of the same year, several actresses interpreted, in their own way, the same stories.
Cast
[edit]- Andréa Beltrão as herself
- Fernanda Torres as herself
- Marilia Pera as herself
- Aleta Gomes Vieira as herself
- Claudiléa Cerqueira de Lemos as herself
- Débora Almeida as herself
- Gisele Alves Moura as herself
- Jeckie Brown as herself
- Lana Guelero as herself
- Maria de Fátima Barbosa as herself
- Marina D'Elia as herself
- Mary Sheila as herself
- Sarita Houli Brumer as herself
Promotion
[edit]Playing was included in the Official Selection at the International Film Festival in Punta del Este, and received its first international public screening there in February 2008.[7]
In April 2008 the film was also screened at the Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema and at the Tribeca Film Festival.[2][8][9]
The film made subsequent appearances at the Locarno Film Festival (on August 7, 2008) and the Los Angeles Film Festival (on November 19, 2014).[10]
In Brazil, the film had its premiere at the São Paulo International Film Festival in October, 2007[11] and had its theatrical release on November 9, 2007.[12]
Accolades
[edit]| List of awards and nominations | |||||
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| Award | Date of ceremony | Category | Recipient(s) and nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
| International Film Festival in Punta del Este | 2008 | Best Documentary | Playing | Won | [7] |
| Cines del Sur | 2008 | Best Documentary | Playing | Won | [13] |
References
[edit]- ^ https://www.pharosartsfoundation.org/brazilianfilmfestival9.htm [dead link]
- ^ a b "Playing". Tribeca. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ "Playing". IDFA. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ Page, Joanna; Haddu, Miriam (December 31, 2013). Visual Synergies in Fiction and Documentary Film from Latin America. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 147. ISBN 978-1349373642.
- ^ "Abraccine organiza ranking dos 100 melhores filmes brasileiros" [Abraccine organizes ranking of the 100 best Brazilian films]. Abraccine - Associação Brasileira de Críticos de Cinema (in Portuguese). 27 November 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
- ^ "100 melhores documentários brasileiros" [Top 100 Brazilian documentaries] (in Portuguese). Revista de Cinema. 2 April 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
- ^ a b "Estômago' vence Festival de Cinema de Punta del Este" [Estômago' wins International Film Festival in Punta del Este] (in Portuguese). G1. 24 February 2008. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ Richard Shpuntoff (2008). "The Documentary Tango: Buenos Aires Fest Reaches Out to Latin America". IDA. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ "Filme de Eduardo Coutinho participa do Festival de Cinema de Tribeca, em NY" [Eduardo Coutinho film participates at the Tribeca Film Festival in NY] (in Portuguese). Revista EGO. 18 April 2008. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ Richard Shpuntoff. "Jogo de Cena:Release Info". IMDb. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ Carla Meneghini (26 October 2007). "'Jogo de cena' traz duelo entre realidade e ficção" [‘Jogo de cena’ is a showdown between the truth and the fiction] (in Portuguese). G1. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ Jose Geraldo Couto (8 November 2007). "Coutinho questiona o real e a ficção" [Coutinho challenges the truth and the fiction] (in Portuguese). Folha de S.Paulo. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ "'Jogo de cena' ganha prêmio de melhor filme em festival espanhol" ['Jogo de Cena' wins best film award at Spanish festival] (in Portuguese). O Globo. 7 June 2008. Retrieved 28 May 2020.