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February 96

Plays, movies & best-seller books


PLAYS

Alice que Delícia -- Written by Antônio Bivar and directed by Nildo Parente. Comedy about a bright woman struggling between feminism and femininity. In Rio.

Alô? Madame!... -- It all starts when two friends get a phone number that belonged to a palm reader and decide to take the clients for themselves. By Marcelo Saback and Vinicius Marques. In Rio.

Dias Felizes -- Love comedy about a couple who stays together through thick and thin. Bárbara Heliodora's translation from the Thomas Beckett's play. In São Paulo.

Intensa Magia -- Maria Adelaide Amaral's play about a family's public washing of dirty laundry during an engagement party. Rosa Maria Murtinho stars. Paulo Cezar Saraceni directs. In Rio.

O Livro de Jó -- Based on the Bible, it discusses divine intervention and God's power. Directed by Antônio Araújo. In São Paulo.

Pérola -- Written and directed by Mauro Rasi. Comedy. Everything in this middle class family, even the little accidents, ends up in big laughable drama. In Rio.

Porca Miséria -- Comedy. A family of Italian immigrants devise a plot to get money in order to go back to Italy. Gianni Ratto directs Marcos Caruso and Eliana Rocha. In São Paulo.

Querida Mamãe -- The hate-love relationship between daughter and mother. Eva Vilma stars and José Wilker directs this Maria Adelaide Amaral's story. In São Paulo.

Todo Mundo Sabe que Todo Mundo Sabe -- Another play from prolific and multitalented Miguel Falabella who also directs it. A socialite struggles to avoid economic disaster. In Rio.



MOVIES

American films just released: Something to Talk About (O Poder do Amor), The Lawnmower Man 2 (O Passageiro do Futuro 2), Unzipped (Abrindo o Zíper), The Indian in the Cupboard (A Chave Mágica), White Man's Burden (A Cor da Fúria), Devil in a Blue Dress (O Diabo Veste Azul), Power Rangers, the Movie (Power Rangers, o Filme), Fluke (Lembranças de Outra Vida), Goldeneye (007 Contra Goldeneye), Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (Ace Ventura: Um Maluco na África)

O Convento -- Portugal/France -- 1995 -- Catherine Deneuve stars on Portuguese director Manoel de Oliveira story about a couple trying to prove that Shakespeare was from Spain.

La Flor de Mi Secreto (A Flor de Meu Segredo) -- Spain -- 1995 -- Pedro Almodóvar directs this comedy about a writer unable to write three novels she has promised her publisher due to a matrimonial crisis.

La Haine (O Ódio) -- France -- 1995 -- Twenty four hours in the life of a group of undocumented teenagers living in a Paris suburb.

Mario, Maria e Mario (Mário, Maria e Mário) -- Italy -- 1993 -- The fall of Russia wrecks havoc at the life of a socialist couple, husband and wife are communist militants. Ettore Scola directed.

Mushrooms (Cogumelos: Gostosos de Morrer) -- Australia -- 1994 -- Two friendly widows having a hard time to make ends meet are looking for something to do. One decides to steal, the other to take care of a boarding house. Directed by Alan Madden.

O Quatrilho -- Brazil -- 1995 -- Fábio Barreto directs Patrícia Pillar, Glória Pires, Bruno Campos, and Alexander Paternorst in this dramatic story of two couples against the morals of the time. The action takes place among Italian immigrants in the south of Brazil.

Sábado (Saturday) -- Brazil -- 1994 -- Comedy directed by Ugo Georgetti with Otávio Augusto and Maria Padilha. A group of friends and what happens on a weekend in a São Paulo old building.

Supercolosso, o Filme (Supercolosso, the Film) -- Brazil -- 1995 -- Colosso TV's dog workers go out to the streets for an adventure with human beings. Based on TV Globo's child cartoon. Luiz Ferré directs.

Terra Estrangeira (Foreign Land) -- Brazil -- 1995 -- Brazilian flees to Portugal amid economic turmoil in Brazil during the Collor de Mello presidency. Directed by Walter Salles Júnior with Fernanda Torres and Alexandre Borges.



BOOKS

Fiction

1. O Xangô de Baker Street
Jô Soares (Comp. das Letras)
2. Benjamin
Chico Buarque de Holanda
3. Manhã, Tarde e Noite
Sidney Sheldon (Record)
4. O Mundo de Sofia
Jostein Gaarder (Comp. das Letras)
5. A Profecia Celestina
James Radfield (Objetiva)
6. Calunga, um Dedinho de Prosa
Luiz A. Gasparetto (Espaço, Vida e Consciência)
7. Comédias da Vida Privada -- 101 Crônicas Escolhidas
Luís F. Veríssimo (L&PM)
8. Pelas Portas do Coração
Zibia Gasparetto (Espaço, Vida & Consciência)
9. Violetas na Janela
Vera L. Marinzeck de Carvalho (Petit)
10. Ensaios Sobre a Cegueira
José Saramango (Companhia das Letras)

Nonfiction

1. A Estrada do Futuro --
Bill Gates (Companhia das Letras)
2. A Estrela Solitária -- Um Brasileiro Chamado Garrincha --
Ruy Castro (Companhia das Letras)
3. Minutos de Sabedoria
Luis Torres Pastorino (Vozes)
4. Paula
Isabel Allende (Bertrand Brasil)
5. O Guia dos Curiosos
Marcelo Duarte (Companhia das Letras)
6. Diário - Volumes 1 e 2
Getúlio Vargas (Siciliano/FGV)
7. Anjos Cabalísticos
Mônica Buonfiglio (Oficina Cultural Esotérica)
8. A Divina Comédia dos Mutantes
Carlos Calado (Editora 34)
9. Frases -- 106 Reflexões sobre os Guerreiros da Luz
Paulo Coelho (Ediouro)
10. Era dos Extremos
Eric Hobsbawn (Companhia das Letras)

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