O Invasor (2002)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

Beto Brant

Writers:

Marçal Aquino (novel)
Marçal Aquino (screenplay)

Release Date:

5 April 2002 (Brazil)

Genre:

Drama | Thriller

Plot:

Two businessmen hire a hitman to kill their third partner and are then blackmailed by the hitman as he takes over their company.

Plot Keywords:

Hitman | Blackmail | Prostitution | Class Differences | Drugs

Awards:

24 wins & 13 nominations

Cast

Marco Ricca	...	Ivan
Alexandre Borges	...	Gilberto / Giba
Paulo Miklos	...	Anísio
Mariana Ximenes	...	Marina
Malu Mader	...	Cláudia / Fernanda
Chris Couto	...	Cecília
George Freire	...	Estevão
Tanah Correa	...	Dr. Araújo
Jayme del Cueto	...	Norberto
Sabotage	...	Sabotage
Marina Franco	...	Marina's friend
Daniela Tramujas	...	Luísa
Thavyne Ferrari	...	Giba's daughter
Priscila Luz	...	Lúcia
Marcos Azevedo	...	Nightclub manager

Also Known As:

The Invader (USA) (festival title)
The Trespasser (USA)

Runtime:

97 min | Argentina:97 min (Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente) | UK:96 min

Country:

Brazil

Language:

Portuguese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:MA (TV rating) | Argentina:18 | Brazil:18 | France:-12 | Singapore:R21 | UK:18

Company:

Drama Filmes

Trivia:

This movie is based on a novel that was being written by Marçal Aquino and wasn't finished yet. Marçal wrote the end of the novel and released the book after the movie.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in O Casamento de Romeu e Julieta (2005)

Soundtrack:

Mun-Rá

Cruel but truthful film about a sad reality

IVAN (Marco Ricca) and GILBERTO (Alexandre Borges) are partners in a company together with ESTEVÃO (George Freire), but the first ones contract a professional killer, ANISIO, to murder ESTEVÃO (the plot, at least at the beginning, doesn't explain very well why). The guy does it and after receiving his money he starts blackmailing the two partners, appearing in their company and saying he wants a job there (as supervisor or something…). At the same time he meets MARINA (Mariana Ximenes), daughter of ESTEVÃO, and starts dating with her!

In a story like this, where crime, corruption, betrayal and blackmail go hand in hand, no one is innocent or can be victimized, exception made to MARINA, which is the only person who doesn't know what's going on and didn't betray anyone…

This film portrays with sarcasm the sad and cruel reality which exists in big metropolis like São Paulo, where crime is every day's presence. We can feel irony but also veracity in characters like ANISIO (brilliantly played by Paulo Miklos), which does blackmail to the guys who paid him without any scruples, and even flirts with the daughter of the guy he killed! He really must be a monster to do something like that, but of course I know there're people like him out there, in Brazil or any other place…

It's a very good movie, cruel but truthful, about a sad reality… The acting is great and the soundtrack too.