Vestido de Noiva (2006)

While in the hospital, after being run over, Alaíde thinks about her life, specially after the moment she'd found the diary of Madame Clessy, in the house where her family had moved in, which was a former bordello.

Director:

Joffre Rodrigues

Writer:

Nelson Rodrigues

Stars:

Sandra Barsotti, Camilo Beviláqua, Maria Esmeralda

1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Sandra Barsotti	...	D. Laura
Camilo Beviláqua
Maria Esmeralda
Ângela Fabri
Buza Ferraz	...	Jornalista
Branca Ferrazo
Rogério Fróes
Luiz Furlaneto	...	Pai
Bete Mendes
Marcela Moura
Luiz Nicolau
Tonico Pereira
Rocco Pitanga
Marília Pêra	...	Madame Clessy
Nelson Sacha Rodrigues	...	Pimenta

Storyline

In 1942, in Rio de Janeiro, the twenty-five years old Alaíde is run over while crossing Carioca Street. She arrives in coma in the hospital, and while being submitted to an emergency surgery, she recalls her life since her family moved to a former brothel, mixing hallucination, reality and memory. In her surrealistic daydream, she meets Madame Clessy, the owner of the bordello that died in 1905, killed by her seventeen years old lover, and she tells a passionate and tragic love story between her husband Pedro, her jealous sister Lúcia and herself, and how Madame Clessy died.

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Plot Keywords:

crossing street

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

Brazil

Language:

Portuguese

Release Date:

10 November 2006 (Brazil)

Filming Locations:

Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

112 min

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Hallucination, Reality and Memory, In a Surrealistic Daydream

In 1942, in Rio de Janeiro, the twenty-five years old Alaíde (Simone Spoladore) is run over while crossing Carioca Street. She arrives in coma in the hospital, and while being submitted to an emergency surgery, she recalls her life since her family moved to a former brothel, mixing hallucination, reality and memory. In her surrealistic daydream, she meets Madame Clessy (Marília Pêra), the owner of the bordello that died in 1905, killed by her seventeen years old lover, and she tells a passionate and tragic love story between her husband Pedro (Marcos Winter), her jealous sister Lúcia (Letícia Sabatella) and herself, and how Madame Clessy died.

"Vestido de Noiva" is a successful play written by the outstanding Brazilian dramaturge Nelson Rodrigues in 1941. This adaptation to the cinema is directed by his son, Joffre Rodrigues, as homage to his father, who died on 21 December 1980. Marília Pera is stunning as usual, and Simone Spoladore, Letícia Sabatella and Marcos Winter have also magnificent performances. The cinematography and art direction are splendorous and the music score is of first-rate. The highly recommended DVD has subtitles in English and French; therefore I believe that can be found overseas. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): "Vestido de Noiva" ("Wedding Dress")