December (2008 film)

December
Directed by Selton Mello
Produced by Vânia Catani
Written by Selton Mello
Marcelo Vindicato
Starring Leonardo Medeiros
Darlene Glória
Graziella Moretto
Paulo Guarnieri
Lúcio Mauro
Music by George Saldanha
Cinematography Lula Carvalho
Edited by Selton Mello
Marilia Moraes
Production
company
Bananeira Filmes
Mondo Cane Filmes
Release dates
  • 21 October 2008 (2008-10-21)
Running time
100 minutes
Country Brazil
Language Portuguese
Budget R$2.4 million[1]
Box office R$197,197[2]

December (Portuguese: Feliz Natal) is a 2008 Brazilian drama film and directoral debut of Selton Mello. Shot in Rio de Janeiro,[3] it stars Leonardo Medeiros, Darlene Glória, Graziella Moretto, Paulo Guarnieri, and Lúcio Mauro.

Plot

Caio (Leonardo Medeiros) travels to his hometown to visit his family on Christmas Eve. At the reunion, he must deal with past memories.

From start, the film exposes a structural functioning: it is an example of a "performance cinema".[4]

Cast

References

  1. "Selton Mello "nasce" melancólico". Folha de S.Paulo (in Portuguese). Grupo Folha. 14 July 2008. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  2. "Filmes Brasileiros Lançados - 1995 a 2013" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Ancine. p. 20. Archived from the original on 16 June 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  3. "Ator precoce, Selton Mello vira diretor maduro". Folha de S.Paulo. Grupo Folha. 19 July 2007. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  4. Valente, Eduardo (October 2008). "Feliz Natal, de Selton Mello (Brasil, 2008)". Revista Cinética (in Portuguese). Retrieved 7 December 2012.

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