Bellini and the Devil
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Director Marcelo Galvao Screenplay Marcelo Galvao Country Brazil | 5.4/10 IMDb Genre Action, Crime, Mystery Duration Language Portuguese | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date March 7, 2008 (2008-03-07) (Los Angeles)
August 27, 2010 (2010-08-27) (Brazil) Based on Bellini e o Demonio
by Tony Bellotto Writer Tony Bellotto (book), Marcelo Galvao (screenplay) Music director Andreas Kisser, Marina de La Riva, Eduardo Queiroz Cast Fábio Assunção (Remo Bellini), Caroline Abras (Sílvia), Beto Coville (Mariano), Luíza Curvo (Clarisse), Marília Gabriela (Letícia), Christiano Cochrane (Malta)Similar movies Brainstorm (2001), Only God Knows (2006), Federal Bank Heist (2011), Time of Fear (2009), Boca (2010) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bellini and the Devil (Portuguese: Bellini e o Dêmonio) is 2008 Brazilian crime film directed by Marcelo Galvão. Based on Tony Bellotto's homonymous novel, it stars Fabio Assunção as Remo Bellini, a São Paulo-based detective who investigates mysterious murders revolving around the The Book of the Law. A sequel to Bellini and the Sphynx, it premiered as the opening film of the 1st Los Angeles Brazilian Film Festival, where Assunção won the award of Best Actor.
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In 2002, after the theatrical release of the Roberto Santucci's Bellini and the Sphynx, the production team cogitate to adapt the second book, Bellini e o Demônio. Malu Mader wanted to direct the film but due to other projects, she did not it. Instead, Galvão was actually hired for it; he cited Aleister Crowley as the main influence, as well as the filmmakers David Lynch and David Cronenberg, and quimbanda and black magic as influences for the work. He also wrote the screenplay, but he felt he was betrayed on the film's theatrical version as the producer Theodoro Fontes modified it. Galvão, however, was satisfied to know that the version released on DVD would contain an extra with a director's cut version.
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