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
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

• Leonardo Medeiros as Caio
• Darlene Glória as Mérci
• Graziella Moretto as Fabiana
• Paulo Guarnieri as Theo
• Lúcio Mauro as Miguel
• Fabricio Reis as Bruno
• Thelmo Fernandes as Neto
• Cláudio Mendes as Thales
• Daniel Torres as Vitor
• Rose Abdallah as Célia
• Lucas Guarnieri as Thiago
• Liz Maggini Seraphin as Bia
• Hossein Minussi as Alex
• Emiliano Queiroz as Zé do Caixão
• Nathalia Dill as Marília

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.

External links

• Feliz Natal at the Internet Movie Database