December (2008 film)

(Redirected from Feliz Natal (film))

December (Portuguese: Feliz Natal) is a 2008 Brazilian drama film and directoral debut of Selton Mello. Shot in Rio de Janeiro,[3] it stars Leonardo Medeiros, Darlene Glória, Graziella Moretto, Paulo Guarnieri, and Lúcio Mauro.

December
Directed bySelton Mello
Written bySelton Mello
Marcelo Vindicato
Produced byVânia Catani
StarringLeonardo Medeiros
Darlene Glória
Graziella Moretto
Paulo Guarnieri
Lúcio Mauro
CinematographyLula Carvalho
Edited bySelton Mello
Marilia Moraes
Music byGeorge Saldanha
Production
companies
Bananeira Filmes
Mondo Cane Filmes
Release date
  • 21 October 2008 (2008-10-21)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryBrazil
LanguagePortuguese
BudgetR$2.4 million[1]
Box officeR$197,197[2]

Plot

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Caio (Leonardo Medeiros) travels to his hometown to visit his family on Christmas Eve. At the reunion, he must deal with past memories.

From start, the film exposes a structural functioning: it is an example of a "performance cinema".[4]

Cast

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  • Leonardo Medeiros as Caio
  • Darlene Glória as Mérci
  • Graziella Moretto as Fabiana
  • Paulo Guarnieri as Theo
  • Lúcio Mauro as Miguel
  • Fabricio Reis as Bruno
  • Thelmo Fernandes as Neto
  • Cláudio Mendes as Thales
  • Daniel Torres as Vitor
  • Rose Abdallah as Célia
  • Lucas Guarnieri as Thiago
  • Liz Maggini Seraphin as Bia
  • Hossein Minussi as Alex
  • Emiliano Queiroz as Zé do Caixão
  • Nathalia Dill as Marília

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Selton Mello "nasce" melancólico". Folha de S.Paulo (in Portuguese). Grupo Folha. 14 July 2008. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  2. ^ "Filmes Brasileiros Lançados - 1995 a 2013" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Ancine. p. 20. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 March 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  3. ^ "Ator precoce, Selton Mello vira diretor maduro". Folha de S.Paulo. Grupo Folha. 19 July 2007. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  4. ^ Valente, Eduardo (October 2008). "Feliz Natal, de Selton Mello (Brasil, 2008)". Revista Cinética (in Portuguese). Retrieved 7 December 2012.
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