Meu Pé de Laranja Lima (2012)

My Sweet Orange Tree begins with José Mauro de Vasconcelos (Caco Ciocler) receiving an edition of his finished novel. Then, the film starts to tell the story from the writer's memories, ... See full summary »

Director:

Marcos Bernstein

Writers:

Marcos Bernstein (screenplay), Melanie Dimantas (screenplay)

Stars:

João Guilherme, José de Abreu, Caco Ciocler

2 wins & 2 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
João Guilherme	...	Zezé (as João Guilherme Ávila)
José de Abreu	...	Portuga
Caco Ciocler	...	José Mauro de Vasconcelos
Eduardo Dascar	...	Paulo Vasconcelos
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ricardo Bravo
Kathia Calil	...	Jandira
Julia de Victa	...	Glória
Tino Gomes	...	Ariovaldo
Leônidas José	...	Luís
Eduardo Moreira	...	Ladislau
Adim Martins Monteiro Neto
Inês Peixoto
Emiliano Queiroz	...	Edmundo
Tadeu Silva Timote
Pedro Vale	...	Totoca

Storyline

My Sweet Orange Tree begins with José Mauro de Vasconcelos (Caco Ciocler) receiving an edition of his finished novel. Then, the film starts to tell the story from the writer's memories, through flashbacks. Zezé (João Guilherme Avila), a boy of eight years who lives in Minas Gerais in a very humble house with his family, consisting of his father (Eduardo Dascar), an unemployed and alcoholic, and his mother (Fernanda Vianna), which works to support the home and his brother and sisters. Despite the lack of understanding, affection and the aggression suffered by from his father and school colleagues, the boy has a great skill for storytelling using his imagination. With financial difficulties, the family has to move. At the new home, Zezé finds an orange tree, which he talks everyday. However, for being extremely extrovert he got involved in several confusions. One of them, he tries to ride on the bumper of Manoel Valadares, the "Portuga" (José de Abreu), but is caught and spanked. The ...

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Plot Keywords:

beating | fire | telling story | kite | horse | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

Brazil

Language:

Portuguese

Release Date:

19 April 2013 (Brazil)

Also Known As:

Mein kleiner Orangenbaum

Company Credits

Production Co:

Passaro Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

99 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color (Fujicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

User Reviews

Exciting debut

In my opinion, the best debut so far: A must-see, exciting movie, accurate interpretations, flawless script (suggests more than shows), beautiful music and cinematograph, which transports the viewer to another time (there are some abrupts cameras movement). A dramatic film could slip easily into the fussiness. Marcos Bernstein dose emotions gingerly, without weighing the hand. He could have made a movie with a script more classic like Chico Xaveir or Two Sons of Francisco, but choose another path. People of any age will understand the choices of the director and enjoy the movie. The acting of John Avila and José Guilherme de Abreu are worthy of Oscar. By the way, if you choose Meu Pé de Laranja Lima for Brazil's representative on the prize of the academy, has a chance to be one of the nominees. Many tears (I left dehydrated, needed to take 1 liter of water after the session)