Linha de Passe (2008)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Directors:

Walter Salles
Daniela Thomas

Writers:

George Moura (screenplay) and
Daniela Thomas (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

5 September 2008 (Brazil)

Genre:

Drama | Sport

Plot:

A story about four brothers from a poor family who need to fight to follow their dreams.

Plot Keywords:

Bus | Bus Driver | Soccer Player | Soccer | Pregnancy

Awards:

9 wins & 13 nominations

Cast

Sandra Corveloni	...	Cleuza
João Baldasserini	...	Dênis
Vinícius de Oliveira	...	Dario
José Geraldo Rodrigues	...	Dinho
Kaique Jesus Santos	...	Reginaldo
Roberto Audi	...	Pastor
Denise Weinberg	...	Estela
Ana Luiza Garritano	...	Bianca
Sérgio Mastropasqua	...	Jefferson
Renata Novaes	...	Glória
Mário César Camargo	...	Genaro
Gabriela Rabello	...	Dona Rosa
Rafael Losso	...	Bruno
Almir Barros	...	Japa
Luiz Serra	...	Coach Tiradentes

Runtime:

France:108 min | Brazil:113 min

Country:

Brazil

Language:

Portuguese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Ireland:15A | Brazil:16 | Portugal:M/16 (Qualidade) | Netherlands:12

Filming Locations:

Cidade Líder, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Company:

Double Helix Entertainment

Trivia:

Sandra Corveloni is the second Brazilian actress to win the Best Actress Award at Cannes International Film Festival. The first was Fernanda Torres, in 1986, for the film "Eu Sei que Vou te Amar".

Soundtrack:

Juízo Final

The best Brazilian movie of this year

More than a movie, Linha de Passe is a study about the moral and ethical dilemmas that young people from Brazilian suburbs of big cities face on a daily life. It is a film much more rich and complex than it seems. By the apparent simplicity and fragmented structure, should not have the same impact of the Brazilian Central and the Motorcycle Diaries, Walter Salles recent productions.

The Cannes Film Festival confirmed the film to grant him the Golden Palm for best actress to Sandra Corvelloni, single mother of four children, maid and resident of Sao Paulo suburbs. The family, by leaps and bounds, struggling to survive in the metropolis. The oldest is Motorcycle courier, Dinho works in a gas station, Dario wants to be a soccer player and youngest Reginaldo, in brilliant interpretation, is obsessed by her father unknown.

The script, written by Daniela Thomas, Bráulio Mantovani and George Moura, gives an account of five characters who have to kill a lion a day and are faced with ethical dilemmas at every turn, choosing between them to deliver anything goes or to remain in line.