O Quatrilho

O Quatrilho
O Quatrilho
	DVD release poster
Directed by	Fábio Barreto
Screenplay by	Leopoldo Serran
Adaptation by	Antônio Calmon;
Based on	O Quatrilho; by José Clemente Pozenato
Produced by	Lucy Barreto; Luiz Carlos Barreto;
Starring	Glória Pires; Patrícia Pillar; Alexandre Paternost; Bruno Campos;
Cinematography	Félix Monti
Edited by	Mair Tavares; Karen Harley;
Music by	Jaques Morelenbaum
Production; companies	Filmes do Equador; L. C. Barreto;
Distributed by	Consórcio Severiano Ribeiro & Marcondes
Release date	20 October 1995
Running time	92 minutes
Country	Brazil
Languages	Portuguese; Italian;

O Quatrilho (Portuguese pronunciation: [u kwaˈtɾiʎu]) is a 1995 Brazilian drama film directed by Fábio Barreto. It is based on the 1985 novel of the same name by José Clemente Pozenato. It stars Glória Pires, Patrícia Pillar, Alexandre Paternost and Bruno Campos. The original soundtrack was composed by Jaques Morelenbaum and the theme song by Caetano Veloso.

It was the first Brazilian film nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film since 1962's Keeper of Promises.^[1]

Plot

The film follows the story of two Italian immigrant couples living in the state of Rio Grande do Sul in the early 20th century; Teresa (Patrícia Pillar) and Angelo (Alexandre Paternost) and Pierina (Glória Pires) and Massimo (Bruno Campos). While the couples struggle for survival in their new country, an unexpected love between Massimo and Teresa emerges. They fight against family and cultural traditions and head to a new destiny, leaving their partners behind. Quatrilho is the name of a card game in which the player has to betray his partner to win. It is also a reference to the Portuguese language word quatro, which means four. The film was also advertised as O Qu4trilho.

Cast

Patrícia Pillar as Teresa
Glória Pires as Pierina
Bruno Campos as Massimo
Alexandre Paternost as Angelo
Cecil Thiré as Father Gentile
José Lewgoy as Rocco
Fábio Barreto as Gaudério
José Clemente Pozenato as the photographer

Awards and nominations

Beside its Academy Award nomination, the film won three awards at the Havana Film Festival: Best Actress for Glória Pires, Best Art Direction and Best Music. Pires also won the São Paulo Association of Art Critics trophy for Best Actress for her performance in the film.

References

^ "The 68th Academy Awards (1996) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 4 October 2015.

External links

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