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 Film Info 2007 Country Brazil Genre Drama Language Portuguese Running Time 93 min. Ratio 1,85 Sound DOLBY SR Filmed on S16mm Transferred to 35mm |
Alice's House (A Casa de Alice)A film by Chico TeixeiraAWARDS
2008 Kuala Lumpur International Film Festival: Best Film, Best Actress & Best Latin American Film SYNOPSIS Alice is in her forties and works as a manicurist in a beauty salon. She lives in a neighborhood in the outskirts of Sao Paulo, sharing an apartment with her mother, Dona Jacira, her husband, Lindomar, a taxi-driver, and their three sons, Lucas, Edinho, and Junior. At home, Dona Jacira takes care of the household chores. She washes, irons, cooks, and cleans, while listening to her favorite radio show. Carlinhos Abranches, the show’s host, seems to alleviate the old woman’s loneliness, who realizes she is gradually going blind. Lucas, the eldest son and a conservative young man by nature, is in the army and has ambitions of becoming a lieutenant, so that he can imitate the authoritarian behavior of his superiors. In his free time, he secretly makes extra money from the old men with whom he spends time together. Edinho, the middle son, is Dona Jacira´s most affectionate grandson, but even she is not spared from his need and compulsion for a new pair of sneakers or a Walkman. Junior, the youngest son, is the most fragile and closest to Alice. Lucas is his role model and like all adolescents, he is tormented by affection and his own sexual awakenings After 20 years of marriage, neither Lindomar nor Alice expects much in the way of reconciliation. The taxi-driver saves his sexual impulses for the affairs that he maintains, with a preference for teenage girls. Alice pretends not to acknowledge her husband's infidelities. Enter Nilson, Alice’s old boyfriend from adolescence. Alice sees in him the possibility to realize her romantic dreams, changing the course of her love life and finances. Once more she creates illusions that will lead her to nothing. PRODUCTION NOTES Shooting took place in Sao Paulo at the end of 2005 and post-production during 2006. Filmed on S16mm, the film was transferred to 35mm during postproduction. The film was financed with resources gathered from awards in Brazil (State of Sao Paulo, City of Sao Paulo, and international funding (Hubert Bals Fund, TVE/Cine en Construcción/San Sebastian 2006) DISTRIBUTION Brasil: Imovision North America: FiGa Films International Sales Agent: Wide Management top of page CREDITS CAST LIST Carla Ribas - Alice Vinicius Zinn - Lucas Ricardo Vilaça - Edinho Felipe Massuia - Junior Berta Zemel - Dona Jacira Zécarlos Machado - Lindomar Renata Zhaneta - Carmen Luciano Quirino - Nilson Mariana Leighton - Thaïs Dirce Couto - Neide Jorge Cerruti - Toninho Cícero Augusto - Carlinhos Abranches Elias Andreato - Gabriel Claudio Jaborandy - Ivanildo Talita Craveiro - Vanessinha Roberto Leite - Taxi passenger Marcos Pedroso - Client in the car Thiago de Mello - Ophtalmologist Francisco Gaspar - Beauty Salon’ employee Monicah Duarte - Beauty Salon’ employee TECHNICAL CREDITS Director and Story - Chico Teixeira Producers - Patrick Leblanc / Zita Carvalhosa Screenplay - Chico Teixeira / Julio Pessoa / Sabina Anzuategui / Marcelo Gomes Cinematography - Mauro Pinheiro Jr. (ABC) Production Design - Marcos Pedroso Film Editing - Vânia Debs Production Management - Lili Bandeira Sound Recordist - João Godoy Sound Editor - Eduardo Santos Mendes Casting and coach - Fatima Toledo Director Assistant - Amilcar M. Claro Set Decorator - Valdy Lopes Ferreira Costume - André Simonetti Sound Mixer - José Luiz Sasso top of page |
