Heart and Guts

Heart and Guts

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Ana Carolina
Produced by Jacques Eluf
Veze Zahram
Written by Ana Carolina
Starring Antônio Fagundes
Dina Sfat
Xuxa Lopes
Music by Paulo Herculano
Cinematography Antonio Luiz Mendes
Edited by Roberto Gervitz
Production
company
Crystal Cinematográfica
Distributed by Embrafilme
Release dates
  • May 1982 (1982-05) (Cannes)
  • October 1982 (1982-10) (Brazil)[1]
Running time
100 minutes
Country Brazil
Language Portuguese

Heart and Guts (Portuguese: Das Tripas Coração) is a 1982 Brazilian comedy film directed by Ana Carolina. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival.[2]

Plot

A boarding school only for girls is decreed to be closed by the state. An intervenor, Guido (Antônio Fagundes), is sent to the school to sign the protocol to confirm its closure and says it will becom a corporation. Unexpectedly the students start to have sex, as well as the janitors and truancy officers. Meanwhile each of the two principals, Renata (Dina Sfat) and Miriam (Xuxa Lopes), create obstascles to the other as both want Guido exclusively for herself. In the end, however, Guido finds out everything was just a dream and confirms the school's closure.

Cast

References

  1. "Das Tripas Coração" (in Portuguese). Cinemateca Brasileira. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  2. "Festival de Cannes: Heart and Guts". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-06-12.

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