Um Copo de Cólera (1999)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Aluisio Abranches

Writers:

Aluisio Abranches (writer)
Raduan Nassar (novel)

Release Date:

7 April 2000 (Italy)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

The torrid love affair between a 40-year-old man who lives isolated from the world, in his small farm...

Plot Keywords:

Ejaculation In Face | Female Nudity | Female Frontal Nudity | Ejaculation | Ejaculation Scene

Awards:

6 nominations

Cast

Alexandre Borges
Ruth de Souza
Lineu Dias
Júlia Lemmertz
Marieta Severo

Also Known As:

A Glass of Rage

Runtime:

70 min

Country:

Brazil

Language:

Portuguese

Color:

Color

Certification:

Hong Kong:III | Italy:VM18

I saw A Glass of Rage!

Somewhere between Sartre and Buñuel, and an oblique approach of George Gilder's model of inter-gender relations, lies Aloísio Abranches' A Glass of Rage (Um Copo de Cólera). More of an existential debate than a film, the story is basically a savage tete-e-tete between a pair of lovers on an isolated rabbit ranch after an extended (and nearly explicit) night of sex, punctuated by aside comments by the man to the audience. After seeing the film this evening, most of the film festival audience gathered in the lobby collectively scratching their heads trying to make sense of it. I imagine much of the subtlety of the dialog may be lost in the English subtitles. Not an experience I will soon forget, but also not one safe from ridicule. Recommended for hardcore fans of the abstract, verbose, and existential only!