Love and Co

Love and Co

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Helvécio Ratton
Produced by Simone Magalhães Matos
Written by Carlos Alberto Ratton
Based on Alves & Cia 
by Eça de Queiroz
Starring Marco Nanini
Patricia Pillar
Alexandre Borges
Music by Tavinho Moura
Cinematography José Tadeu Ribeiro
Edited by Diana Vasconcellos
Production
company
Quimera Filmes
Rosa Filmes
Distributed by RioFilme, Severiano Ribeiro (Brazil)
Rosa Filmes (Portugal)
Release dates
  • November 6, 1998 (1998-11-06)[1][2]
Running time
 100 minutes
Country Brazil
Portugal
Language Portuguese
Budget R$3 million[3]
Box office R$237,310[4]

Love and Co[5][6] (Portuguese: Amor & Cia) is a 1998 Brazilian-Portuguese comedy-drama film directed by Helvécio Ratton. Based on Eça de Queiroz's novel Alves & Cia, it stars Marco Nanini, Patricia Pillar and Alexandre Borges. Shot in São João Del Rei, Minas Gerais and set in the 19th century, it follows Alves (Nanini) as he finds his wife Ludovina (Pillar) with Machado (Borges), and challenges him for a gun duel.[1]

Cast

Reception

Love and Co grossed R$237,310 and was watched by 47,179 people in the 24 Brazilian theaters in which it was released.[4] It was nominated for the 1st Grande Prêmio Cinema Brasil for Best Film and Best Actor (Marcos Nanini), but lost in both categories.[7][8] It was awarded as the Best Iberoamerican Film at the 14th Mar del Plata Film Festival.[9] At the 31st Festival de Brasília, it won the Best Film, Best Actress (Patricia Pillar), and shared the Best Art Direction (Clóvis Bueno and Vera Hamburger) with Kenoma.[10] Marco Nanini won Best Actor while Tavinho Moura won Best Music at the 3rd Brazilian Film Festival of Miami.[11]

References

  1. 1 2 Couto, José Geraldo (November 6, 1998). "Amor & Cia.' traduz em cinema ironia de Eça". Folha de S. Paulo. Grupo Folha. Retrieved March 1, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Amor & Cia" (in Portuguese). Amor & Cia official website. Archived from the original on April 27, 1999. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
  3. ↑ Jansen, Roberta. "Novela de Eça de Queirós na telona". Diário de Cuiabá (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on March 4, 2014. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
  4. 1 2 "Filmes Brasileiros Lançados - 1995 a 2013" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Ancine. p. 37. Archived from the original on June 16, 2014. Retrieved June 17, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Love and Co". Love and Co official website. Archived from the original on February 25, 1999. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Latin America Film Festival September 18–28" (PDF). AFI Preview (American Film Institute) 1 (5): 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 11, 2007. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Depois do 'Oscar', governo muda regras do cinema". Folha de S. Paulo (in Portuguese). Grupo Folha. February 14, 2000. Archived from the original on February 27, 2014. Retrieved February 27, 2014.
  8. ↑ "É uma festa!". Folha de S. Paulo (in Portuguese). Grupo Folha. February 12, 2000. Archived from the original on February 27, 2014. Retrieved February 27, 2014.
  9. ↑ "14º Festival Internacional de Cine de Mar del Plata" (in Spanish). Mar del Plata Film Festival. Archived from the original on March 1, 2014. Retrieved March 1, 2014.
  10. ↑ Filho, Kleber Mendonça. "Festival de Brasília consagra Traição". Jornal do Commercio (in Portuguese). Universo Online. Archived from the original on March 1, 2014. Retrieved March 1, 2014.
  11. ↑ "3º Brazilian Film Festival of Miami" (in Portuguese). Brazilian Film Festival of Miami. Archived from the original on March 1, 2014. Retrieved March 1, 2014.

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