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7.2/10   148 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Selton Mello (written by)
Marcelo Vindicato (written by)
Release Date:
21 November 2008 (Brazil) more
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Plot:
Caio is 40 years old and lives in the country of Rio de Janeiro, where he owns a scrap-metal yard. On... more | add synopsis
Awards:
2 wins & 4 nominations more
User Reviews:
Pretentious and Boring more (4 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Leonardo Medeiros ... Caio
Darlene Glória ... Mércia
Paulo Guarnieri ... Theo
Graziela Moretto ... Fabi
Lúcio Mauro ... Miguel
Fabricio Reis ... Bruno
Thelmo Fernandes ... Neto
Cláudio Mendes ... Thales
Daniel Torres ... Vitor
Rose Abdallah ... Célia
Lucas Guarnieri ... Thiago
Liz Maggini Seraphin ... Bia
Hossein Minussi ... Alex
Emiliano Queiroz ... Zé do Caixão
Nathalia Dill ... Marília
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
December (International: English title)
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Runtime:
100 min | Germany:106 min (European Film Market)
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Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
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Filming took place in June and July of 2007 at the cities of Rio de Janeiro and Ipatinga. more

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6 out of 11 people found the following review useful.
Pretentious and Boring, 5 July 2009
2/10
Author: Claudio Carvalho from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

On Christmas Eve, the disturbed owner of a junkyard Caio (Leonardo Medeiros) leaves his wife and travels alone from the countryside to Rio de Janeiro to visit his dysfunctional family and old friends. He is not welcomed by his father and his brother, and he spends the holiday in the house of his former friends that have not grown-up. Further, he recalls the traumatic car accident that he provoked where a young woman died.

The debut of the great actor Selton Mello as director could not be worse. "Feliz Natal" is a pretentious and boring movie that discloses in an extremely slow pace an unpleasant and depressing story of a traumatized man, his dysfunctional family and lazy friends. The performances are excellent but the not well resolved screenplay does not support the actors and actresses. The awful camera work is kept in close most of the time; the edition, lighting and cinematography are extremely poor; and the tedious music score with very few notes is repetitive and monotonous. My vote is two.

Title (Brazil): "Feliz Natal" ("Merry Christmas")

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