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A Novela das 8 (2011) is a Portuguese movie. Odilon Rocha has directed this movie. Claudia Ohana,Vanessa Giácomo,Mateus Solano,Alexandre Nero are the starring of this movie. It was released in 2011. A Novela das 8 (2011) is considered one of the best Drama movie in India and around the world.
Brazil, 1978, a group of people live their lives under the dictatorship, the euphoria of disco fever and the fantasy of "Dancin' Days", a prime time soap, which fictional drama is set on the homonymous night club in Rio de Janeiro. After a fatal incident, Amanda and Dora (a high-class prostitute addicted to the TV drama, and her "maid") are forced to run away from São Paulo to Rio de Janeiro with the fed Brandão in hot pursuit. While the excitement of visiting the disco "Dancin' Days" distracts Amanda from the danger of the situation she is in, Dora gets ready to confront her secret past. In a six degrees of separation manner, their destine will cross with João Paulo, a diplomat who feels like a foreigner in his own country, the revolutionary Vicente and his brother Pedro, and the teenager Caio, who was raised by his grandparents and counts with the support of his friend Mônica as he struggles to be accepted as a gay man. Both youngster are crazy about disco fever and fascinated by ...
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A Novela das 8 (2011) Reviews
Interesting debut feature, not flawless but often fascinating
I am one of the critics invited to see Odilon Rocha's film last week and to comment. It is an intriguing piece set in Brazil in 1978 and it's much more serious than you might suppose from its English title, Prime Time Soap. In fact it starts by recalling "Thelma and Louise" as two female friends refuse to be victimised, but it then develops into a film that will appeal to those who admire Almodovar and his handling of female roles. But there's also a touch of Jacques Demy and a political and social concern that reminds one of Argentina's Pablo Trapero. One expects a contrast between the escapism of soaps and the real world in which the film is set, but this is blurred. That's a flaw, but see it if you can.