País do Desejo
4.2 /10 1 Votes
Director Paulo Caldas Duration Country Brazil
Portugal | 4/10 IMDb Genre Drama Running time 1h 27m Language Portuguese | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date January 26, 2012 (2012-01-26) (Portugal)
January 25, 2013 (2013-01-25) (Brazil) Writer Paulo Caldas, Pedro Severien, Amin Stepple Initial release January 26, 2012 (Portugal) Screenplay Paulo Caldas, Pedro Severien, Amin Stepple Cinematography Vania Debs, Barbara Cunha, Paulo Jacinto dos Reis, Karen Araujo Cast Fábio Assunção (Father José), Maria Padilha (Roberta), Gabriel Braga Nunes (César)Similar movies Paulo Caldas directed Pais do Desejo and Happy Desert | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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País do Desejo is a 2012 Brazilian-Portuguese drama film directed by Paulo Caldas. The film premiered at the 35th São Paulo International Film Festival.
Contents
The film is based in the case of a girl from Alagoinha, in Pernambuco. In 2009, the girl became pregnant after years of sexual abuse committed by the stepfather. As the pregnancy was the result of a rape and represented a risk to the life of the girl, she did an abortion, as is provided for in the Brazilian legislation.
The story is told from the center of the crisis of a Catholic priest that is positioned against the decision of the Archbishop of the Church to excommunicate the mother, the girl and the doctors involved in the abortion.
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Plot
The film tells the story of Roberta, a famous classical pianist who faces a tough battle against a severe kidney disease, and José, a somewhat unconventional priest, which supports a 12-year-old girl raped by her uncle and pregnant with twins, to have an abortion.
The fate of the two characters crosses when Roberta faints at a concert and is hospitalized in a local clinic, belonging to the brother of the priest. Gradually, he is interested by the pianist, and that love will change their destiny in many ways.
Cast
