Querô

Querô

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Carlos Cortez
Produced by Caio Gullane
Fabiano Gullane
Débora Ivanov
Written by Carlos Cortez
Starring Maxwell Nascimento
Leandro Carvalho
Eduardo Chagas
Milhem Cortaz
Nildo Ferreira
Music by André Abujamra
Cinematography Hélcio Alemão Nagamine
Edited by Paulo Sacramento
Production
company
Gullane Filmes
Distributed by Downtown Filmes
Release dates
  • 14 September 2007 (2007-09-14) (Brazil)
Running time
 88 minutes
Country Brazil
Language Portuguese
Box office R$144,823[1] ($64,575)

Querô is a 2007 Brazilian drama film directed by Carlos Cortez and starring Maxwell Nascimento, Leandro Carvalho, Eduardo Chagas, Milhem Cortaz and Nildo Ferreira. The film is based on the 1976 novel Uma Reportagem Maldita - Querô by Plínio Marcos.[2]

Plot

Querô (Maxwell) is an orphan teenage who lives from side to side, lost in the streets near the port of Santos. The son of a prostitute (Maria Luisa Mendonça), he is unaware of his father. His mother committed suicide when he was a baby taking kerosene. After being beaten by the owner of a pension (Ângela Leal), he flees. The boy starts living of expedients and involved in petty theft. He ends up on Febem, where he explodes all his revolt against the world.

Out of jail, Querô finds support in Gina (Claudia Juliana), which leads him to an Evangelical Church, where he falls for the pastor's niece, Lica (Alessandra Santos). However, the boy lives in a world marked by the determinism, making impossible for him to escape from marginality.[2]

Production

Casting

Tests were conducted with more than 1200 kids, from 12 to 21 years, in the cities of Santos, Cubatão, Guarujá and São Vicente. Approximately 200 attended actors workshops coordinated by the preparer of actors Luiz Mário Vicente. Querô counted with the participation of 40 teenagers from the region of Santos port, which integrated the Querô Workshops.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Filmes Brasileiros Lançados - 1995 a 2012" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Ancine. p. 19. Archived from the original on March 1, 2014. Retrieved April 27, 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Premiado 'Querô' mantém força da obra de Plínio Marcos". Estadão. Retrieved 2014-04-27.
  3. ↑ "Querô". Adoro Cinema. Retrieved 2014-04-27.
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