Ed Mort (1997)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

Alain Fresnot

Writers:

José Rubens Cachá (writer)
Alain Fresnot (writer)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Quem é o Silva?

Plot:

A detective is hired by a mysterious woman to find her missing husband, a master of disguises, and important industry executive. |

Plot Keywords:

Character Name In Title

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Paulo Betti	...	Ed Mort
Cláudia Abreu	...	Cibele
Otávio Augusto	...	delegado Mariano
Ary Fontoura	...	Nogueira
Irene Ravache	...	Carmem
Roseane Lima	...	Dayse
Chico Buarque de Hollanda	...	Silva 1
Marília Gabriela	...	Silva 2
Cauby Peixoto	...	Silva 6
Luiza Tomé	...	Silva 4
José Rubens Chachá	...	Silva (voice)
Gilberto Gil	...	Silva 5
José Mojica Marins	...	Silva 3
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Leonardo Alckmin	...	Reporter 3
Herodoto Barbeiro	...	Himself
Helio Bicudo	...	Himself
Rafael Burgath	...	Bar Attendant
Vitória Camargo	...	Dancer
Rosi Campos	...	Wanda
David Cichetto	...	Investigator 2
João Vítor de Araújo	...	Cibelinho 2
Noeli de Lima Santana	...	Cibelinho 4
Sérgio Denaday	...	Investigator 3
Mona Dorf	...	Herself
Edson Dos Santos	...	Bira
Ary França	...	Adroaldo
Iara Jamra	...	Caixa dos Faraós
Teruo Koizumi	...	Nomura
Antônio Lima	...	Agente Hangar 1
Manezinho	...	Hot dog's man
Sergio Maria	...	Agente Hangar 2
Tércio Marinho	...	Delbono 2
Marcelo Martucci	...	Equipe's reporter
Celso Ming	...	Himself
Oswaldo Ferreira Miudo	...	Caim
Luiz M. Stein Moreira	...	Mordomo
Alexandre Rwilson Samibeiro Paiva	...	Durvalzinho
Marco Picollo	...	Reporter 1
Aury Porto	...	Reporter 2
Valdir Ramos	...	Investigator 1
João Batista Rodrigues	...	Cibelinho 3
Joaquim Lopes Salgado	...	Cibelinho 1
Wilson Sampson	...	Delbono 1
Samuel Santiago	...	Segurança de Cibele
Wandi	...	Agenor (as Wandi Daratiotto)
José Rubens Xavier	...	Pilot

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

Brazil

Language:

Portuguese

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Company:

A.F. Cinema e Vídeo

Soundtrack:

Polonaise

Well

Well, the movie is based on the character created by the writer Luis Fernando Verissimo, born in Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil, and not by Miguel Paiva. Actually, Paiva made the Ed Mort's cartoon, but the character and texts are made by Verissimo. By the way, Ed Mort's chronicles are very good and funny, but the movie is not so good. Paulo Betty is the perfect actor to bring Ed to life. "Mort. Ed Mort". Is very impressive and real. Is very hard to imagine Voltaire in the corner of the room, looking to Ed, laughing. Maybe, if a rat could laugh... Some things have to been said about the film. Who don't know Verissimo's work may think that he write only comedies. Is not true. Luis Fernando is son of Erico Verissimo, that was a great gaucho (in Brasil, who born in Rio Grande do Sul is called "gaucho") writer. Erico wrote many best-sellers, like "O Tempo e o Vento", "Gato Preto em Campo de Neve", "Incidente em Antares". Luis Fernando write texts for many Brazilian newspapers, like "Zero Hora" and "Jornal do Brasil". Created other good comedy characters, like "Analista de Bagé" and "Velhinha de Taubaté".