January 96

Plays, movies & best-seller books

PLAYS

Casa de Prostituição de Anaïs Nin - Based on Anaïs Nin's erotic short stories. Directed by Ticiana Studart. In Rio.

Confissões de uma Gordinha - Inspired by Roberto Carlos' anthem to the chubby woman "Coisa Bonita", it shows the dreams of a fat woman. In Rio.

Corpo a Corpo - Adman reminisces and faces his own interior ghosts. Written by Oduvaldo Viana Filho. With Zecarlos Machado. 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: The Indian in the Cupboard (A Chave Mágica), Babe (Babe, o Porquinho Atrapalhado), Toy Story (Toy Story Um mundo de aventuras), Seven (Seven, os Sete Crimes Capitais), Blue in the Face (Sem Fôlego), Night Watch (Na Mira Certa), The Basketball Diaries (Diários de um Adolescente), Far From Home (Amigos para Sempre), No Exit (Morte ao Vivo), Resort to Kill (Preparado para Matar)

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.

Menino Maluquinho (Little Nutty Boy) - Brazil - 1995 - Based on character created by cartoonist Ziraldo. Maluquinho (The Little Nutty One) goes to his grandfather's farm for a vacation when his parents get divorced.

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.

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. O Mundo de Sofia - Jostein Gaarder (Comp. das Letras)

3. A Profecia Celestina - James Radfield (Objetiva)

4. Manhã, Tarde e Noite - Sidney Sheldon (Record)

5. Pelas Portas do Coração - Zibia Gasparetto (Espaço, Vida & Consciência)

6. Ensaios Sobre a Cegueira - José Saramango (Companhia das Letras)

7. Comédias da Vida Privada 101 Crônicas Escolhidas - Luís F. Veríssimo (L&PM)

8. Violetas na Janela - Vera L. Marinzeck de Carvalho (Petit)

9. O Anjo do Adeus - Ignácio de Loyola Brandão (Global)

10. Comédias da Vida Pública - 266 Crônicas Datadas - Luís F. Veríssimo (L&PM)

Nonfiction

1. A Estrela Solitária Um Brasileiro Chamado Garrincha - Ruy Castro (Companhia das Letras)

2. Mauá, Empresário do Império - Jorge Caldeira (Companhia das Letras)

3. Paula - Isabel Allende (Bertrand Brasil)

4. Você Pode Curar Sua Vida - Louise L. Hay (Companhia. das Letras)

5. Salmos - Mônica Buonfiglio (Oficina Cultural Esotérica)

6. Homens São de Marte, Mulheres São de Vênus - John Gray (Rocco)

7. Anjos Cabalísticos - Mônica Buonfiglio (Oficina Cultural Esotérica)

8. Chatô O Rei do Brasil - Fernando Moraes (Companhia das Letras)

9. O Livro dos Vampiros A Enciclopédia dos Mortos-Vivos - J. Gordon Melton (Makron Books)

10. O Guia dos Curiosos - Marcelo Duarte (Companhia das Letras)

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