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Adrien Brody, Nina Agdal, Dinho Diniz, Felipe Diniz, Seu Jorge, Bruna Marquezine, Pauline Ducruet, and Isabeli Fontana were among those who gathered last month at the eighth annual amfAR Gala São Paulo to honor Brazilian soccer star Neymar Jr. and television star Sabrina Sato for their longtime commitment to amfAR and other charitable causes.

The event raised $1 million for amfAR’s lifesaving AIDS research programs.

Others guests in attendance included Alexandre Birman, Carlos Jereissati Filho, Marina Morena, Vik Muniz and Malu Barreto, Ellen von Unwerth, Patricia Bonaldi, Karim Al-Fayed and Brena Costa, Julia Faria, Luciana Tranchesi, Camila Coutinho, Diego Ferrero, Lele Saddi, Vic Ceridono, Nati Vozza, Mari Goldfarb, Pedro Bial and Maria Prata, Cleo Pires, Iza, Reinaldo Lourenço, Babi Beluco, Meilena Penteado, Duda Nagle, Nathalie Edenburg, Nizan Guanaes, Donata Meirelles, Helena Bordon, Thaila Ayala, Camila Queiroz, Barbara Fialho, Helo Rocha, Juliana Santos, Daniela Falcão, Laura Neiva, and Ara Vartanian.

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With the change of seasons comes a whole new world of wardrobe options, and Alessandra Ambrosio is the star of the new Spring/Summer 2016 ads for Brazilian brand Dafiti.

Joined by fellow stunners Laura Neiva, Raphael Laus, Bruna Tenorio, Daniela Braga and Marlon Teixeira, the super-sexy model mom works her magic for photographer Bob Wolfenson and the results are outstanding.

Throughout the spread, Alessandra wears denim overall shorts with a white smock top as well as paisley and floral dresses, conveying a very accessible and winsome boho chic message.

This is the Pure Movies review of Adrift (À Deriva), directed by Heitor Dhalia and starring Camilla Belle, Vincent Cassel, Laura Neiva, Cauã Reymond, Débora Bloch, Gregório Duvivier and Josefina Schiller. From his breakthrough role in 1995’s La Haine to last year’s excellent Mesrine biopics, Vincent Cassel seemed more often than not to be drawn toward villains and loveable-rogue characters. Audiences could be forgiven, then, for assuming it would be the same here. In fact, the tone of Adrift couldn’t be more different, and Cassel produces a heartfelt performance as a French author and doting father struggling to salvage his marriage with his Brazilian wife.

• I wasn't completely sold on Heitor Dhalia's Adrift (À Deriva), I thought that the Un Certain Regard selected film had its merits. It boasts a well crafted story that sends viewer on a road initially frequently travelled but then surprisingly lands well on its feet. On the other hand I didn't care for some of the theatrics – especially an allusion to the nightmare scenario of having a gun involved. Laura Neiva, the young lead actress as I mentioned here might have a bright future ahead while the cinematography from Ricardo Della Rosa (Andrucha Waddington's The House of Sand) might be the film's strong suit. Here is my initial post-screening reaction last May. Earlier today, Firstshowing.net has posted the French trailer for the film which features Vincent Cassel speaking Portuguese – and not the dubbed kind either. I think that would make him fluent in five languages? Adrift

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• What happens when a teenage daughter discovers her own sexuality while her parents are rediscovering their own? A rather awkward, uncomfortable predicament is applied to a sea-side, sun-bleached town with villas, where a young protagonist Filipa (via first time actress Laura Neiva) deals not only with her yearnings, but with the possible break up of her parent's marriage. Heitor Dhalia's visually alluring Adrift might at first have everything sorted out in a pre-determined fashion (mom drinks, dad has his adventure, daughter is confused) but the truth of the matter is: the climax is rather mature and everything that you might want after some questionable scenes. The warmly received Adrift was shown in the Un Certain Regard section with a good applause from its supporters. Camilla Belle wasn't in attendance, but being in France meant that one of the country's biggest stars would indeed be there. The real question

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