A Grande Arte (1991)

An American photographer in Rio de Janeiro becomes involved in the world of "knife culture" when he sets out to find the killer of one of his models.

Director:

Walter Salles

Writers:

Rubem Fonseca, Rubem Fonseca (novel),

Stars:

Peter Coyote, Tchéky Karyo, Amanda Pays

2 wins.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Peter Coyote	...	Peter Mandrake
Tchéky Karyo	...	Hermes (as Tcheky Karyo)
Amanda Pays	...	Mariet
Raul Cortez	...	Lima Prado
Giulia Gam	...	Gisela
Paulo José	...	Detective
Eduardo Conde	...	Roberto Mitry
René Ruiz	...	José Zakkai - Iron Nose (as Rene Ruiz)
Tonico Pereira	...	Rafael
Miguel Ángel Fuentes	...	Camilo Fuentes (as Miguel Angel Fuentes)
Cássia Kiss	...	Mercedes (as Cassia Kiss)
Iza Do Eirado	...	Zélia
Tony Tornado	...	Iron Nose's Bodyguard
Eduardo Waddington	...	Knife Dealer
Alvaro Freire	...	Evilásio - Mitry's Butler (as Álvaro Freire)

Storyline

An American photographer in Rio de Janeiro becomes involved in the world of "knife culture" when he sets out to find the killer of one of his models.

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Plot Keywords:

knife | dead woman | rape | computer disc | brazil | 

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Genres:

Drama | Thriller

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

Brazil USA

Language:

English Portuguese Spanish

Release Date:

14 November 1992 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Exposure

Filming Locations:

Andes, Bolivia

Box Office

Gross:

$356,825 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Alpha Filmes, J&M Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

104 min 99 min (video)

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Feature directorial debut for documentary filmmaker Walter Salles Jr.

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Goofs

The knife dealer says the Applegate-Fairbairn knife is used by British commandos. Actually the knife is a redesign of the Fairbairn-Sykes fighting knife that was widely used in WWII, the Applegate-Fairbairn wasn't issued to any armed forces to this day.

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Quotes

Peter Mandrake: All my life, I've been looking for something... different.

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Connections

References Batman (1989)

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Soundtracks

"The Photographer (A Gentleman's Honor)"
Written and Arranged by Philip Glass
Orchestra conducted by Michael Riesman
Courtesy of CBS Records

User Reviews

Not Bad

This is a well made, low key thriller about knife fighters in Rio. Peter Coyote gives one of his best performances. The only quibble I had with the film is that I wanted to see A WHOLE LOT MORE KNIFE FIGHTING!

After all that great, cool set up and the main character undergoing the Art of Knife Fighting training. I was a bit disappointed we didn't get many more knife fights. This could have been the ultimate knife fighting movie. Still, it's good. But when during the final fight sequence I wanted something more spectacular, blood spraying to the heavens like the end of Kurosawa's Sanjuro. And after seeing the extraordinary knife fighting sequence in Kill Bill I was expecting a little more.