Reflexões de um Liquidificador

Reflexões de um Liquidificador
Directed by André Klotzel
Produced by Rui Pires
André Montenegro
Written by José Antônio de Souza
Starring Selton Mello
Ana Lúcia Torre
Music by Mário Manga
Cinematography Ulrich Burtin
Edited by Leticia Giffoni
Production
company
Bras Filmes
Aurora Filmes
Distributed by Bras Filmes
Release dates
  • August 19, 2010
Running time
80 minutes
Country Brazil
Language Portuguese
Box office R$ 179,52[1]

Reflexões de um Liquidificador (Reflections of a Blender[2]) is a 2010 Brazilian black comedy film directed by André Klotzel.

Plot

The film follows the story of Elvira, a housewife with a busy lifestyle. Onofre, her husband, disappeared, and she decides to go to the police to find out about his disappearance. The trajectory of the couple is narrated by Elvira's blender, who came to life when, long ago, Onofre switched it's propeller by a much larger one.[3]

Cast

Production and release

Reflexões de um Liquidificador commenced to be shot in August 2008 in São Paulo.[4] To attract a bigger public than other Brazilian films of 2010 that were hading less than 10,000 attendances, Klotzel released it as a road show.[5] It was not a success but grossed R$179,521,[1] and a public of 24,149 people, while other domestic releases do not achieved 100 viewers.[5] It also guaranteed Klotzel the Best Director Award at the Brazilian Film & Television Festival of Toronto.[6]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Filmes Brasileiros Lançados - 1995 a 2013" (in Portuguese). Ancine. p. 15. Archived from the original on June 16, 2014. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
  2. "4th Brapeq Brazilian Film Festival in China". Brapeq. p. 14. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
  3. http://www.adorocinema.com/filmes/filme-202476/
  4. "Apertou, já era". Tpm (in Portuguese): 42. July 2008.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Ballerini, Franthiesco (2012). Cinema brasileiro no século 21: Reflexoes de cineastas, produtores, distribuidores, exibidores, artistas, criticos e legisladores sobre os rumos da cinematografia nacional (in Portuguese). Summus Editorial. ISBN 9788532308115.
  6. "Premiados: Premiação BRAFFTV 2012" (in Portuguese). Brazilian Film & Television Festival of Toronto. Retrieved July 25, 2014.

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