Best-seller books, plays & movies

PLAYS

 

Alice que Delícia — Written by Antônio Bivar
and directed by Nildo Parente. Comedy about a
bright woman struggling between feminism and
femininity. In Rio.

Alô? Madame!… — It all starts when two friends
get a phone number that belonged to a palm reader
and decide to take the clients for themselves. By
Marcelo Saback and Vinicius Marques. In Rio.

PLAYS

 

Alice que Delícia — Written by Antônio Bivar
and directed by Nildo Parente. Comedy about a
bright woman struggling between feminism and
femininity. In Rio.

Alô? Madame!… — It all starts when two friends
get a phone number that belonged to a palm reader
and decide to take the clients for themselves. By
Marcelo Saback and Vinicius Marques. In Rio.

Dias Felizes — Love comedy about a couple
who stays together through thick and thin.
Bárbara Heliodora’s translation from the Thomas
Beckett’s play. In São Paulo.

Intensa Magia — Maria Adelaide Amaral’s
play about a family’s public washing of dirty
laundry during an engagement party. Rosa Maria
Murtinho stars. Paulo Cezar Saraceni directs. In Rio.

O Livro de Jó — Based on the Bible, it
discusses divine intervention and God’s power. Directed
by Antônio Araújo. In São Paulo.

 

Pérola — Written and directed by Mauro Rasi.
Comedy. Everything in this middle class family, even
the little accidents, ends up in big laughable drama.
In Rio.

Porca Miséria — Comedy. A family of Italian
immigrants devise a plot to get money in order to go
back to Italy. Gianni Ratto directs Marcos Caruso
and Eliana Rocha. In São Paulo.

Querida Mamãe — The hate-love relationship
between daughter and mother. Eva Vilma stars and José Wilker directs this Maria Adelaide
Amaral’s story. In São Paulo.

Todo Mundo Sabe que Todo Mundo Sabe
— Another play from prolific and multitalented
Miguel Falabella who also directs it. A socialite struggles
to avoid economic disaster. In Rio.



 

MOVIES

 

American films just released: Something to
Talk About (O Poder do Amor), The Lawnmower Man 2 (O Passageiro do Futuro 2), Unzipped (Abrindo
o Zíper), The Indian in the Cupboard (A
Chave Mágica), White Man’s Burden (A Cor da
Fúria), Devil in a Blue Dress (O Diabo Veste Azul),
Power Rangers, the Movie (Power Rangers, o Filme),
Fluke (Lembranças de Outra Vida), Goldeneye (007
Contra Goldeneye), Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (Ace Ventura: Um Maluco na África)

 

O Convento — Portugal/France — 1995 —
Catherine Deneuve stars on Portuguese director Manoel
de Oliveira story about a couple trying to prove
that Shakespeare was from Spain.

La Flor de Mi Secreto (A Flor de Meu Segredo)
Spain — 1995 — Pedro Almodóvar directs this
comedy about a writer unable to write three novels
she has promised her publisher due to a
matrimonial crisis.

La Haine (O Ódio)
France — 1995 — Twenty four hours in the life of a group of undocumented
teenagers living in a Paris suburb.

Mario, Maria e Mario (Mário, Maria e
Mário)
— Italy — 1993 — The fall of Russia wrecks havoc at
the life of a socialist couple, husband and wife
are communist militants. Ettore Scola directed.

Mushrooms (Cogumelos: Gostosos de Morrer)
— Australia — 1994 — Two friendly widows having
a hard time to make ends meet are looking for something to do. One decides to steal, the other to
take care of a boarding house. Directed by Alan Madden.

 

O Quatrilho Brazil — 1995 — Fábio
Barreto directs Patrícia Pillar, Glória Pires, Bruno
Campos, and Alexander Paternorst in this dramatic story
of two couples against the morals of the time. The action takes place among Italian immigrants in
the south of Brazil.

Sábado (Saturday) — Brazil — 1994 — Comedy directed
by Ugo Georgetti with Otávio Augusto and Maria Padilha.
A group of friends and what happens on a weekend in a
São Paulo old building.

Supercolosso, o Filme (Supercolosso, the Film)
Brazil — 1995 — Colosso TV’s dog workers go out to the streets
for an adventure with human beings. Based on TV
Globo’s child cartoon. Luiz Ferré directs.

Terra Estrangeira (Foreign Land)
Brazil — 1995 — Brazilian flees to Portugal amid economic turmoil in
Brazil during the Collor de Mello presidency. Directed by
Walter Salles Júnior with Fernanda Torres and Alexandre Borges.

 



 

BOOKS

Fiction

 

1. O Xangô de Baker Street

Jô Soares (Comp. das Letras)

2. Benjamin

Chico Buarque de Holanda

3. Manhã, Tarde e Noite

Sidney Sheldon (Record)

4. O Mundo de Sofia

Jostein Gaarder (Comp. das Letras)

5. A Profecia Celestina

James Radfield (Objetiva)

6. Calunga, um Dedinho de Prosa

Luiz A. Gasparetto (Espaço, Vida e Consciência)

7. Comédias da Vida Privada — 101 Crônicas Escolhidas

Luís F. Veríssimo (L&PM)

8. Pelas Portas do Coração

Zibia Gasparetto (Espaço, Vida & Consciência)

9. Violetas na Janela

Vera L. Marinzeck de Carvalho (Petit)

10. Ensaios Sobre a Cegueira

José Saramango (Companhia das Letras)

 

Nonfiction

 

1. A Estrada do Futuro —

Bill Gates (Companhia das Letras)

2. A Estrela Solitária — Um Brasileiro Chamado Garrincha —

Ruy Castro (Companhia das Letras)

3. Minutos de Sabedoria

Luis Torres Pastorino (Vozes)

4. Paula

Isabel Allende (Bertrand Brasil)

5. O Guia dos Curiosos

Marcelo Duarte (Companhia das Letras)

6. Diário – Volumes 1 e 2

Getúlio Vargas (Siciliano/FGV)

7. Anaw6kx Cabalísticos

Mônica Buonfiglio (Oficina Cultural Esotérica)

8. A Divina Comédia dos Mutantes

Carlos Calado (Editora 34)

9. Frases — 106 Reflexões sobre os Guerreiros da Luz

Paulo Coelho (Ediouro)

10. Era dos Extremos

Eric Hobsbawn (Companhia das Letras)

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