I'd Receive the Worst News from Your Beautiful Lips

I'd Receive the Worst News from Your Beautiful Lips (Portuguese: Eu Receberia as Piores Notícias dos Seus Lindos Lábios) is a 2011 Brazilian romance drama film directed by Beto Brant and Renato Ciasca. Based on a novel of the same name by Marçal Aquino, it stars Camila Pitanga, Gustavo Machado, and Zecarlos Machado, in a love triangle.[3]

I'd Receive the Worst News from Your Beautiful Lips
Theatrical release poster
Directed byBeto Brant
Renato Ciasca
Written byMarçal Aquino
Beto Brant
Renato Ciasca
Based onEu Receberia as Piores Notícias dos Seus Lindos Lábios
by Marçal Aquino
Produced byBianca Villar
Renato Ciasca
StarringCamila Pitanga
Gustavo Machado
Zecarlos Machado
CinematographyLula Araújo
Edited byWillem Dias
Music bySimone Sou
Alfredo Bello
Production
company
Drama Filmes
Distributed bySony Pictures Entertainment
Riofilme
Release dates
  • October 11, 2011 (2011-10-11) (Festival do Rio)
  • April 20, 2012 (2012-04-20)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryBrazil
LanguagePortuguese
BudgetR$4 million[1]
Box officeR$538,578[2]

Pitanga plays the role of Lavínia, a former prostitute and drug addict who is taken from the Rio de Janeiro streets by Ernani (husband), a pastor.[4][5] After a period of time, the couple is shown to be living in Santarém, Pará, where Lavínia fall in love with Cauby (lover), a photographer who sees in her a muse.[4][6] It took over four months to shoot it in Santarém and Rio de Janeiro.[1]

Cast

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  • Camila Pitanga as Lavínia
  • Gustavo Machado as Cauby
  • Zecarlos Machado as Ernani
  • Gero Camilo as Viktor Laurence
  • Antonio Pitanga as Isaías
  • Adriano Barroso as Polozzi
  • Magnólio de Oliveira as Chico Chagas
  • Simone Sou as Xamã

Reception

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It was first screened at the 2011 Festival do Rio on October 11, 2011, and was the most watched film over Pedro Almodóvar's The Skin I Live In.[7] In Rio, Camila Pitanga won the Best Actress Award,[1] and it was awarded the Best Film at the 37th Festival de Cine Iberoamericano de Huelva.[8] Boyd van Hoeij from Variety said it is "more noteworthy for its atmosphere ... than the flashback-laden narrative, which, between vigorous sexual workouts, manages to be overly symbolical and soapy."[9] Screendaily.com's Mark Adams declared "The film – while beautifully shot and appropriately steamy – then takes a dive into melodrama territory". Adams lauded how Brant and Ciasca "make the most of their striking lead actress and bring just the right amount of steamy sexual tension to what is in essence an old-fashioned melodrama."[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Camila Pitanga interpreta garota de programa em filme que estreia nesta sexta". Diário de Pernambuco. Diários Associados. April 19, 2012. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
  2. ^ "Filmes Brasileiros Lançados - 1995 a 2013" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Ancine. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 27, 2014. Retrieved June 17, 2014.
  3. ^ a b Adams, Mark (October 15, 2011). "I'd Receive The Worst News From Your Beautiful Lips". Screendaily.com. Media Business Insight. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
  4. ^ a b Nogueira, Carol (April 20, 2012). "Camila Pitanga vive triângulo amoroso em 'Eu Receberia as Piores Notícias de Seus Lindos Lábios'". Veja (in Portuguese). Editora Abril. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
  5. ^ Feix, Daniel (April 19, 2012). ""Eu Receberia as Piores Notícias de seus Lindos Lábios" estreia nesta sexta". Zero Hora (in Portuguese). Grupo RBS. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
  6. ^ Hessel, Marcelo (October 21, 2011). "Eu Receberia as Piores Notícias dos Seus Lindos Lábios | Crítica". Omelete (in Portuguese). Universo Online. Retrieved May 16, 2014.
  7. ^ Gomes, Michele. "Filme com cenas de nudez de Camila Pitanga tem pré-estreia mais lotada do Festival do Rio" (in Portuguese). Universo Online. Retrieved May 16, 2014.
  8. ^ "'Eu receberia as piores notícias dos seus lindos lábios', de Beto Brant y Renato Ciasca, se alza con el Colón de Oro" (in Spanish). Festival de Cine Iberoamericano de Huelva. November 26, 2011. Archived from the original on December 14, 2010. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
  9. ^ van Hoeij, Boyd (November 10, 2011). "Review: 'I'd Receive the Worst News from Your Beautiful Lips'". Variety. Penske Business Media. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
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