The Lady from the Shanghai Cinema
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Music director Hermelino Neder Country Brazil | 6.4/10 IMDb Genre Crime, Mystery Duration | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date September 1, 1988 (1988-09-01) Director Guilherme de Almeida Prado Screenplay Guilherme de Almeida Prado Cast Similar movies Jose Mayer appears in The Lady from the Shanghai Cinema and Perfume de Gardenia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Lady from the Shanghai Cinema (Portuguese: A Dama do Cine Shanghai) is a 1988 Brazilian thriller film directed by Guilherme de Almeida Prado. The film borrows some references from Hollywood films noirs of the 1940s, mainly Orson Welles' The Lady from Shanghai; its name is a play with Welles' film.
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Plot
It follows Lucas (Antônio Fagundes), an estate agent who becomes fascinate by Suzana (Maitê Proença), a woman who looks almost exactly like an actress in the film he is watching. They start an affair, but she is married to Desdino, a gangster (Paulo Villaça), exposing Lucas to a criminal world of violence and corruption.
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Reception
At the 16th Festival de Gramado, it was elected the Best Film by jury and critic, receiving also Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Original Score, Best Scenography, and Best Editing awards. The Lady From the Shanghai Cinema won the Best Film, Best Cinematography, Best Score, and Best Art Director at the 6th Bogota Film Festival.
References
The Lady from the Shanghai Cinema WikipediaThe Lady from the Shanghai Cinema IMDb The Lady from the Shanghai Cinema themoviedb.org